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Hence, a very small proportion of the farmland is solely devoted to livestock production. In Sri Lanka, livestock sector contributes around 1.2% of the national GDP. Livestock is spread throughout all regions of Sri Lanka with concentrations of certain farming systems in particular areas due to cultural, market and agro-climatic reasons.
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [40] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [41]
Sri Lanka is the largest producer of coconut arrack and up until 1992 the government played a significant role in its production. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Other than water, the entire manufacturing process revolves around the fermentation and distillation of a single ingredient, the sap of unopened flowers from a coconut palm ( Cocos nucifera ) . [ 28 ]
The Department of Agriculture (DOA) functions under the Ministry of Agriculture of Government of Sri Lanka is one of the largest government departments with a high profile community of agricultural scientists and a network of institutions covering different agro ecological regions island wide. DOA focuses on maintaining and increasing ...
In 2015 alone, Sri Lanka’s spice exports amounted to USD 377 million, up from USD 264 million the previous year. Sri Lanka’s most famous export, cinnamon is the island’s premier spice export. Industry insiders classify the spice into two forms, Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum Zeylanicum), and Cassia Cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon is the costlier ...
Grass is a natural source of nutrition for a horse. Equine nutrition is the feeding of horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, and other equines. Correct and balanced nutrition is a critical component of proper horse care. Horses are non-ruminant herbivores of a type known as a "hindgut fermenter." Horses have only one stomach, as do humans.
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
The horse industry, or equine industry, is the economic activity associated with horses. This includes core agribusiness activities related to the use, possession or ownership of horses, as well as leisure activities and related economic activity that provides associated goods and services.