President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized the need for a long-term, cohesive national strategy to restructure Sri Lanka’s fragmented agriculture sector during a progress review meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Livestock, Irrigation, Fisheries, and Aquatic Resources.
Key Highlights:
- Unified Agriculture Strategy: The President called for a comprehensive national plan to address disorganization in Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector and ensure its sustainable development.
- Focus on Rural Poverty Eradication: The President highlighted that rural development projects should aim at eradicating poverty, noting that current efforts have not sufficiently addressed this critical issue.
- Poverty as a Social Crisis: Emphasizing that poverty encompasses more than financial hardship, the President pointed to the social marginalization of specific groups and called for targeted interventions to combat this broader crisis.
- Comprehensive Plan for Poverty Reduction: He stressed the importance of implementing a nationwide, long-term plan aimed at eliminating poverty across Sri Lanka.
The meeting, attended by key ministry officials, signals the government’s renewed focus on addressing both agricultural reform and rural poverty eradication as part of the country’s broader development agenda.
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