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The AgriculturesectorinSriLankaplaysakeyrolein
the country’seconomicdevelopment and itsnewrole
in the future hasnowbeenredenedin the lightof the
newdevelopment vision and the future aspirationsof
the nation.Atpresent,agriculturecontributesabout13
percentto the country’sGDP and employsabout33
percentofitsworkforce. The governmenthasgiven the
prioritytoenhance the domesticproductioninwhich
the successofsuchapolicywaswelldemonstrated
during the periodwheretherewasaworldfoodcrisis.
Of the totalcultivableland(2.9mnha),65percent
(1.9mnha)iscultivatedwithagriculturalcrops.Paddy
occupies40percentof the agriculturalland.Coconut,
tea and rubbertogetheraccount for 39percent. The
remainder(21percent)isaccounted for allothercrops;
othereldcrops,horticulturalcrops and otherexport
crops.
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The AgriculturesectorinSriLankaplaysakeyrolein
the country’seconomicdevelopment and itsnewrole
in the future hasnowbeenredenedin the lightof the
newdevelopment vision and the future aspirationsof
the nation.Atpresent,agriculturecontributesabout13
percentto the country’sGDP and employsabout33
percentofitsworkforce. The governmenthasgiven the
prioritytoenhance the domesticproductioninwhich
the successofsuchapolicywaswelldemonstrated
during the periodwheretherewasaworldfoodcrisis.
Of the totalcultivableland(2.9mnha),65percent
(1.9mnha)iscultivatedwithagriculturalcrops.Paddy
occupies40percentof the agriculturalland.Coconut,
tea and rubbertogetheraccount for 39percent. The
remainder(21percent)isaccounted for allothercrops;
othereldcrops,horticulturalcrops and otherexport
crops.
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roleof the publicsectorinpoultrydevelopmentwill
bearegulatoryfunctionfocusingonanimaldisease
prevention and qualityassurance.
In the early70s,localmilkproductionmet80percent
oflocalconsumptionneeds.But the openeconomic
policy and agrowingdemandresultedinasharp
increaseinimportsofmilk and milkproducts.Asof
2009,localmilkproductioncoversonly33percent
of the nationalconsumption.63,876mtofmilk and
milkproductsvaluedatoverRs.30billion(US$296
mn.)hasbeenimportedin2009 and itrepresented
2.1percentofSriLanka’sfoodimports.Hence,with
the aimofreducing the drainon the country’sforeign
exchangeresources and supportingemployment
generation and familyincome,dairyindustrywillbe
promotedascomplementaryeconomicactivityacross
the widesectionof the populationbyintroducing
improvedbreeds,feedresources,betteranimalhealth,a
welldevelopedcollection and processingnetwork,good
research and extensionservices.
The income the dairyfarmersearnfromtheircows’
milkdependson the market and the collectionsystems.
Basedon the availabledata, the formaldairyprocessing
industrycollectsonlyaround50-60percentof the
totalproduction.Inmostareas,milkiscollectedonce
adayduetounavailabilityofapropercoldchain.
Thus, the milkmarketing and processingatalllevels
neededtobedevelopedthroughestablishingproper
coldchainswith the supportof the privatesector and
privatepublicpartnerships.Withthiseffort, the total
milkproductionwillbeincreasedto the levelofself
sufciency.
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