Sri Lanka : Promoting Agricultural and Rural Non-farm Sector Growth, Voume 2. Annexes and Statistical Tables

Economic development has brought about, the decline in contribution of the agricultural sector to the economy of Sri Lanka, and, consistent with this economic transformation, the structure of employment also changed. Thus, as labor migrates away fr...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	NON-FOOD AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL INCOME RURAL GROWTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT POLICY LABOR MIGRATION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORM RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK POLICY REFORM AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TECHNOLOGY POLICY TARIFF STRUCTURES LAND ADMINISTRATION WATER TARIFFS LABOR POLICY COMMODITY MARKETS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL CROPS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT ALLOCATION OF WATER ANIMALS AQUIFERS BRACKISH WATER CAPACITY BUILDING CERTIFICATION CINCHONA COCOA COCONUT COCONUT PRODUCTS COFFEE COFFEE EXPORTS COFFEE PLANTATIONS CONTRACT PERIOD COST RECOVERY CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CULTIVATION DATES DECISION MAKING DEED REGISTRATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC FACTORS EMPLOYMENT ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES EXPORT CROPS FAO FARM FARMER FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMS FERTILIZER FLOOD CONTROL FOOD SECURITY FORESTRY GARDENS GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS GRAIN GRAIN YIELDS GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HOUSEHOLDS IMPORTS INCOME IRRIGATION SCHEME IRRIGATION WATER LABOR FORCE LAND REFORM LAND TITLING LAND USE LEGISLATION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LOCAL AUTHORITIES MANAGEMENT OF WATER MARKET ECONOMIES MINIMUM WAGES NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES NURSERIES PADDY PLANT PESTS PLANT PROTECTION PLANTATIONS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POOR FARMERS PRIVATE COMPANIES PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS QUININE REAL WAGES REPLANTING RESISTANCE TO DISEASE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RICE RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SECTORAL WATER SEED SEED COMPANIES SEED INDUSTRY SEED POLICY SEED REGULATION SEED REGULATIONS SEED TECHNOLOGY SEEDS SMALL FARMERS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TEA TEA PLANTS TEA SECTOR TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS TOBACCO UNEMPLOYMENT USE OF WATER VEGETABLES WAGE RATES WAGES WATER ALLOCATION WATER CONSERVATION WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER POLICIES WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RIGHTS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SOURCES WATER USE WATER USERS WATER USES WEEDS WELLS WHEAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2171986/sri-lanka-promoting-agricultural-rural-non-farm-sector-growth-vol-2-2-annexes-statistical-tables http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14877

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Summary:	Economic development has brought about, the decline in contribution of the agricultural sector to the economy of Sri Lanka, and, consistent with this economic transformation, the structure of employment also changed. Thus, as labor migrates away from agriculture, the productivity, for those who remain in the land, needs to increase significantly. This report examines the constraints to promoting more rapid agricultural, and rural non-farm sector growth, and, reviews the recent performance of the agricultural, and rural non-farm sectors, in particular the non-plantation agricultural sector; scrutinizes the major policy, and regulatory barriers, that hinder a sustained growth in rural areas; and, proposes options for improvement in the key areas. A critical step to achieve this sector growth, and meet the changing demands of the overall economy, is the need to formulate, and implement a renewed rural development strategy, that builds on synergies in the agricultural, and non-farm sectors. This integrated rural development framework becomes an instrument that can complement a sustained growth in the non-farm sector, namely through the performance of public agricultural research, and extension systems, formulated under an updated National Agricultural Strategy and Policy, that modernizes technology policies, and regulations, commits to stabilizing tariff policies, and similarly, commits to implementing policy reforms in land administration, water, labor, commodity marketing, and the commercial private sector. Nonetheless, the report further suggests that prior to implementing this strategy, the Government should formulate a Poverty Reduction Strategy, a critical vehicle for completing the rural strategy framework.

Sri Lanka : Promoting Agricultural and Rural Non-farm Sector Growth, Voume 2. Annexes and Statistical Tables

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