Agriculture

Introduction

- Based on the annual rainful Galle and Matara districts are in the wet zone and Hambanthota in Dry zone. Tea, rubber and coconut are the major corps in Galle ans Matara disrict which paddy is the main agricultural crop in Hambanthota.

Ministry

The Provincial Ministry of Agricuture Has function of all the development activities of the above subjects within the Southern province.

Mission

To develop agriculture and livestock and coordinate commarcial activies and support the working people to get their rights are our mission and by proper management of these field to bring up living standerd of the people of the Southern Province.

Sri Lanka -

Agriculture--including forestry and fishing--accounted for over 46 percent of exports, over 40 percent of the labor force, and around 28 percent of the GNP in 1986. The dominant crops were paddy, tea, rubber, and coconut. In the late 1980s, the government-sponsored Accelerated Mahaweli Program irrigation project opened a large amount of new land for paddy cultivation in the dry zone of the eastern part of the island (see fig. 7). In contrast, the amount of land devoted to tea, coconut, and rubber remained stable in the forty years after independence. Land reforms implemented in the 1970s affected mainly these three crops. Little land was distributed to small farmers; instead it was assumed by various government agencies. As a result, most tea and a substantial proportion of rubber production was placed under direct state control.

Agriculture

Introduction

Ministry

Mission

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