Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Agricultureකෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශය
கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு

Ministry overview
Jurisdiction| Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters| Govijana Mandiraya, 80/5 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo
[ ⚑ ] : 6°54′00.30″N 79°54′56.30″E﻿ / ﻿6.900083°N 79.915639°E﻿ / 6.900083; 79.915639
Annual budget|

* Rs. 50 billion (2016, recurrent)
* Rs. 4 billion (2016, capital)

Minister responsible|

* Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera[1], Minister of Agriculture

Ministry executive|

* B. Wijayaratne, Secretary

Child agencies|

* Agriculture and Agrarian Insurance Board
* Ceylon Fertilizer Company Limited
* Colombo Commercial Fertilizer Company
* Department of Agrarian Development
* Department of Agriculture
* Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research & Training Institute
* Institute of Post‐Harvest Technology
* Janatha Fertilizer Enterprises Limited
* Lanka Phosphate Company Limited
* National Fertilizer Secretariat
* Pulses & Grain Research & Production Authority
* Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy
* Sri Lanka National Freedom from Hunger Campaign Board

Website| agrimin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Agriculture[2] (Sinhala: කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for agriculture. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister of Agriculture is Mahinda Amaraweera.[1] The ministry's secretary is B. Wijayaratne.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Ministers
* 2 Key objectives
* 3 Secretaries
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Ministers

The Minister of Agriculture is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

Parties

Governors of British Ceylon United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Eelam People's Democratic Party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

Ministers of Agriculture Name  | Portrait  | Party  | Took office  | Left office  | Head of government  | Ministerial title  | Refs

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| D. S. Senanayake |  | United National Party | 1931 | 1946 |  | Henry Monck-Mason Moore | Minister of Agriculture and Lands | [5]
| Dudley Senanayake |  | United National Party | 1946 | 1947 | [6]
1947-09-26 | 1952-03-26 |  | D. S. Senanayake | [7][8]
| P. B. Bulankulame |  |  | 1952 | 1952 |  | Dudley Senanayake | [9]
| Senator Oliver Goonetilleke |  |  | 1952-06-19 |  | Minister of Agriculture and Food | [9][10]
| J. R. Jayewardene |  | United National Party | 1953 |  |  | John Kotelawala | [11]
| Philip Gunawardena |  | Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 1956-04-12 | 1959-05-18 |  | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | [12][13][14][15][16]
| C. P. de Silva |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1959-06-09 |  | Minister of Agriculture | [16]
| 1959-12 |  | Wijeyananda Dahanayake | Minister of Agriculture and Lands | [16]
| M. D. Banda |  | United National Party | 1960-03-23 | 1960 |  | Dudley Senanayake | [16]
| C. P. de Silva |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1960-07-23 |  |  | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power | [17]
| Felix Dias Bandaranaike |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1963-05-28 |  | Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development | [18]
| M. D. Banda |  | United National Party |  |  |  | Dudley Senanayake | Minister of Agriculture and Food | [19]
| Hector Kobbekaduwa |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party |  |  |  | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | Minister of Agriculture and Lands | [20][21]
| Lionel Senanayake |  | United National Party | 1977-07-13 |  |  | J. R. Jayewardene | [22]
| D. B. Wijetunga |  | United National Party |  |  | Minister of Food, Agricultural Development and Research | [23]
| Lalith Athulathmudali |  | United National Party | 1989-02-18 |  |  | Ranasinghe Premadasa | Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives | [23]
| R. M. Dharmadasa Banda |  | United National Party | 1990 |  | Minister of Agriculture & Research | [24]
| D. M. Jayaratne |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1994-08-19 |  |  | D. B. Wijetunga | Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation | [25][26]
2000-10-19 | 2001 |  | Chandrika Kumaratunga | Minister of Agriculture | [27]
2001 |  | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperative Development | [28][29]
| S. B. Dissanayake |  | United National Party | 2001-12-12 |  | Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare | [30][31]
| Douglas Devananda |  | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 2004-04-10 |  | Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development, Hindu Affairs and Tamil Language Schools and Vocational Training (North) | [32][33][34]
| Ratnasiri Wickremanayake |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2005 |  | Minister of Agriculture | [35]
| Maithripala Sirisena |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2005-11-23 |  |  | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development | [36]
2007-01-28 |  | Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services | [37][38][39]
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2010-04-23 |  | Minister of Agriculture | [40][41][42][43][44][45]
| Duminda Dissanayake |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 2015-01-12 | 2015-03-22 |  | Maithripala Sirisena | Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture | [46][47][48][49]
2015-03-22 | 2018-05-01 | Minister of Agriculture | [50][51][52][53][54][55][56]
| Mahinda Amaraweera  |  | Sri Lanka Freedom Party  | 2018-10-29  | 2018-12-15  | Minister of Agriculture  |
| P. Harrison  |  | United National Party  | 2018-12-20  | 2019-11-21  | Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development  |
| Mahindananda Aluthgamage  |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna  | 2020-08-12  | 2022-04-03  |  | Gotabaya Rajapaksa  | Minister of Agriculture  |
| Janaka Wakkumbura  |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna  | 2022-04-18  | 2022-05-09  | Minister of Agriculture  |
| Mahinda Amaraweera  |  | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna  | 2022-05-12  | Incumbent  | Minister of Agriculture  |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe  | Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries  | [57]

## Key objectives

The key objective of the Ministry of agriculture is to:

* Supportive agricultural policy for food and allied agricultural crops,
* Established food and nutrition security,
* Stable prices for agricultural products,
* Efficiently coordinated paddy purchasing and marketing programme,
* Timely implementation of projects, Increase production in selected crops,
* Efficient and effective implementation of accelerated food production programme,
* Efficient and effective use of foreign funds,
* Customer friendly and result oriented administrative system,
* Results-based management in entire government sector. 65

## Secretaries

Agriculture Secretaries Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Title  | Refs

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K. E. Karunatilake | 2010-11-22 |  | Agriculture Secretary | [58]
B. Wijayaratne | 2015-01-19 |  | Irrigation and Agriculture Secretary | [59][60][61][62]
B. Wijayaratne | 2015-09-08 |  | Agriculture Secretary | [63][64][65]

## References

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## External links

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