Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Agriculture
කෘෂිකර්ම අමාත්‍යාංශය
கமத்தொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1931; 93 years ago (1931)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersGovijana Mandiraya, 80/5 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′00.30″N 79°54′56.30″E / 6.9000833°N 79.9156389°E / 6.9000833; 79.9156389
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

The Ministry of Agriculture[1] (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.[2] The current Minister of Agriculture is President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.[3] The ministry's secretary is B. Wijayaratne.[4]

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   National People's Power

Ministers of Agriculture
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
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]
26 September 1947 26 March 1952 D. S. Senanayake [7][8]
P. B. Bulankulame 26 March 1952 1952 Dudley Senanayake [9]
Senator Oliver Goonetilleke 19 June 1952 Minister of Agriculture and Food [9][10]
J. R. Jayewardene United National Party 1953 John Kotelawala [11]
Philip Gunawardena Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 12 April 1956 18 May 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [12][13][14][15][16]
C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 Minister of Agriculture [16]
December 1959 Wijeyananda Dahanayake Minister of Agriculture and Lands [16]
M. D. Banda United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Dudley Senanayake [16]
C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power [17]
Felix Dias Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 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 13 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [22]
D. B. Wijetunga United National Party Minister of Food, Agricultural Development and Research [23]
Lalith Athulathmudali United National Party 18 February 1989 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 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation [25][26]
19 October 2000 14 September 2001 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Agriculture [27]
14 September 2001 Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperative Development [28][29]
S. B. Dissanayake United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare [30][31]
Anura Kumara Dissanayake Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 10 April 2004 Minister of Agricultural [32][33][34]
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 27 July 2005 Minister of Agriculture [35]
Maithripala Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 November 2005 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development [36]
28 January 2007 Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services [37][38][39]
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 Minister of Agriculture [40][41][42][43][44][45]
Duminda Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Maithripala Sirisena Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture [46][47][48][49]
22 March 2015 1 May 2018 Minister 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 23 September 2024 Minister of Agriculture
Ranil Wickremesinghe Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries [57]
Anura Kumara Dissanayake National People's Power 24 September 2024 18 November 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake Minister of Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources [58]
K. D. Lalkantha National People's Power 18 November 2024 Incumbent Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation [59]

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 22 November 2010 Agriculture Secretary [60]
B. Wijayaratne 19 January 2015 Irrigation and Agriculture Secretary [61][62][63][64]
B. Wijayaratne 8 September 2015 Agriculture Secretary [65][66][67]

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