The Ministry of Agriculture (; ) 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. The current Minister of Agriculture is President K. D. Lalkantha. The ministry's secretary is D. P. Wickremasinghe.
Ministers The Minister of Agriculture is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka. Parties
+ Ministers of AgricultureNamePortraitPartyTook officeLeft officeHead of governmentMinisterial titleRefs United National Party Henry Monck-Mason MooreMinister of Agriculture and Lands United National Party Minister of Agriculture and Food United National Party Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture Minister of Agriculture and Lands United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Power Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture, Food and Co-operative Development United National Party Minister of Agriculture and Food Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture and Lands United National Party United National Party Minister of Food, Agricultural Development and Research United National Party Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives United National Party Minister of Agriculture & Research Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forestry Conservation Minister of Agriculture Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Cooperative Development United National Party Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Welfare Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Minister of Agricultural Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Irrigation and Mahaweli Development Minister of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Agriculture Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister of Irrigation and Agriculture Minister of Agriculture Mahinda AmaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyMinister of Agriculture P. Harrison United National PartyMinister of Agriculture, Rural Economic Affairs, Livestock Development, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Mahindananda Aluthgamage Sri Lanka Podujana PeramunaGotabaya RajapaksaMinister of Agriculture Janaka Wakkumbura Sri Lanka Podujana PeramunaMinister of AgricultureMahinda AmaraweeraSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna23 September 2024Minister of Agriculture Ranil WickremesingheMinister of Agriculture and Plantation IndustriesAnura Kumara DissanayakeNational People's Power24 September 202418 November 2024Anura Kumara DissanayakeMinister of Agriculture, Land, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries and Aquatic ResourcesK. D. LalkanthaNational People's Power18 November 2024IncumbentMinister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation
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 SecretariesNameTook officeLeft officeTitleRefs Agriculture Secretary Irrigation and Agriculture Secretary Agriculture Secretary
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