‘Lanka’s fisheries sector has huge investment potential’

Our tuna exports have grown significantly over the last few years and the export value now stands at US $ 140 million/annum. It requires exports to satisfy several environmental and safety criteria. Product and market diversification is another area we wish to strengthen to add value to our exports rather than exporting raw material. We also need to find new markets,

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Agriculture, a contributor to socio-economic well-being

Agriculture has long been of high importance to Sri Lanka’s economy and society. It contributes 20 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and has 34 percent of country’s employment according to the 2006 report of the Centre of Environmental Justice (CEJ).

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Measuring well-being

In terms of Human Development Index, Sri Lanka ranks 59th, making it a high developing country, on par with the poorer countries in the European Union. While the basis of this impressive result lies in the traditionally high quality of life and low inequality of this country, much of the progress towards it has been in the rapid growth of income in the years since the end of the civil conflict in this island,

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