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Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Agriculture
කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශය
கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு
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Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersGovijana 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
Websiteagrimin.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]

Ministers

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

Parties

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Ministers of Agriculture
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
D. S. Senanayake D S Senanayake.jpg United National Party 1931 1946 Henry Monck-Mason Moore Minister of Agriculture and Lands [5]
Dudley Senanayake Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg 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 Sir Oliver Goonetilleke.gif 1952-06-19 Minister of Agriculture and Food [9][10]
J. R. Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayawardana (1906-1996).jpg United National Party 1953 John Kotelawala [11]
Philip Gunawardena Philip Gunawardana (1901-1972).jpg 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 Edward Lionel Senanayaka in 1957.jpg 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 S.B. Dissanayake.jpg United National Party 2001-12-12 Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare [30][31]
Douglas Devananda Douglas Devananda 2.jpg 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 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake1.jpg Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2005 Minister of Agriculture [35]
Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala- Russia (portrait).jpg 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 Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.JPG 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 P. Harrison.jpg 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
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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