Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka)

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]

Ministry of Agriculture
කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශය
கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersGovijana Mandiraya, 80/5 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′00.30″N 79°54′56.30″E
Annual budget
  • Rs. 50 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 4 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
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

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
D. S. SenanayakeUnited National Party19311946Henry Monck-Mason MooreMinister of Agriculture and Lands[5]
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National Party19461947[6]
26 September 194726 March 1952D. S. Senanayake[7][8]
P. B. Bulankulame26 March 19521952Dudley Senanayake[9]
Senator Oliver Goonetilleke19 June 1952Minister of Agriculture and Food[9][10]
J. R. JayewardeneUnited National Party1953John Kotelawala[11]
Philip GunawardenaViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party12 April 195618 May 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike[12][13][14][15][16]
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party9 June 1959Minister of Agriculture[16]
December 1959W. DahanayakeMinister of Agriculture and Lands[16]
M. D. BandaUnited National Party23 March 19601960Dudley Senanayake[16]
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power[17]
Felix Dias BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom Party28 May 1963Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development[18]
M. D. BandaUnited National PartyDudley SenanayakeMinister of Agriculture and Food[19]
Hector KobbekaduwaSri Lanka Freedom PartySirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Agriculture and Lands[20][21]
Lionel SenanayakeUnited National Party13 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[22]
D. B. WijetungaUnited National PartyMinister of Food, Agricultural Development and Research[23]
Lalith AthulathmudaliUnited National Party18 February 1989Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives[23]
R. M. Dharmadasa BandaUnited National Party1990Minister of Agriculture & Research[24]
D. M. JayaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation[25][26]
19 October 200014 September 2001Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Agriculture[27]
14 September 2001Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperative Development[28][29]
S. B. DissanayakeUnited National Party12 December 2001Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare[30][31]
Douglas DevanandaEelam People's Democratic Party10 April 2004Minister of Agricultural Marketing Development, Hindu Affairs and Tamil Language Schools and Vocational Training (North)[32][33][34]
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party27 July 2005Minister of Agriculture[35]
Maithripala SirisenaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 November 2005Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development[36]
28 January 2007Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services[37][38][39]
Mahinda Yapa AbeywardenaSri Lanka Freedom Party23 April 2010Minister of Agriculture[40][41][42][43][44][45]
Duminda DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party12 January 201522 March 2015Maithripala SirisenaMinister of Irrigation and Agriculture[46][47][48][49]
22 March 20151 May 2018Minister of Agriculture[50][51][52][53][54][55][56]
Mahinda Amaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 29 October 2018 15 December 2018 Minister of Agriculture
P. Harrison United National Party 20 December 2018 21 November 2019 Minister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 12 August 2020 3 April 2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa Minister of Agriculture
Janaka Wakkumbura Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 18 April 2022 9 May 2022 Minister of Agriculture
Mahinda Amaraweera Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 12 May 2022 Incumbent Minister of Agriculture
Ranil Wickremesinghe Minister of Agriculture

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. Karunatilake22 November 2010Agriculture Secretary[57]
B. Wijayaratne19 January 2015Irrigation and Agriculture Secretary[58][59][60][61]
B. Wijayaratne8 September 2015Agriculture Secretary[62][63][64]

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