Ministry of Agriculture



‘Wadduwa’ Declaration on Agriculture

‘Today for tomorrow’s food security’

We the Ministers responsible for Agriculture in Sri Lanka have gathered in Blue Waters, Wadduwa from 29th-30th September 2015 at the Conference ofAgricultural Ministers onToday for tomorrow’s food security.

In this regard we the Ministers responsible for Agriculture in Sri Lanka:

Note the summary of discussions held before and during theConference of Ministers of Agricultureelaborated in the document on Food Production National Programme 2016- 2018 in line with the National Agricultural Policy discourse in progress;

Recognizing that the importance of having a National AgriculturalPolicy andFood Production National Programme to achieve collectively set national targets for food production it is of paramount importance to work under one umbrella.

Affirming that national and provincial contribution to achieve the national food production targets during 2016 -2018 as stipulated in the document of Food Production National Programme 2016-2018 through relevant strategies and programmes at all levels;

Noting the importance of having agro-ecological zonal based crop production programme marshaling the scarce resources for food security as envisaged by the document Food Production National Programme;

Recognizing the importance of having same methodologies /mechanisms for the implementation of the crop production projects and programmes in all provinces in the country;

Reaffirming the importance of working together to achieve the goals stipulated in the document food production national programme to harness the resources in the national and provincial institutions to achieve maximum outcome;

Recognizing that different roles of all the players in the supply and value chain enabling them to contribute positively to achieve the food production national targets;

Recalling the assurance and commitment given by the Ministers of Agricultureto ensure food security of the country by adhering to production targets of Rice, fruits and vegetables, other field crops, pulses as identified in the document Food Production National Programme 2016 -2018;

Identifying following thrust areas for actions as agreed upon during the deliberation of the ministers responsible for agriculture : Increase in production and productivity, economical input management, sound natural resource management and climate change adaptation, knowledge management, promotion of traditional knowledge and practices, role ofyouth and women in agriculture,importance of maintaining the food safety standards, ensuring consumer health and satisfaction, marketing, public private partnership, farmer empowerment, dissemination of research information through extension,irrigation infrastructure development,legal and regulatory mechanism, monitoring and evaluation of set targets through institutional coordination.

Having participated in the discussions and contributing to the development of the 'Wadduwa' Declaration, we fully understood the importance of the Food Production National Programmeand responsibilities, duties and institutional capacities of the national and provincial agricultural ministries, we do hereby commit ourselves to achieve targets set out in the document Food Production National Programme and pledge to monitor and evaluate the progress and facilitate the information flow regularly to the Ministry of Agriculture ensuring the successful implementation of the Food Production National Programme.

Duminda Disanayake

Hon. Minister of Agriculture Hon. Chief Minister of Uwa Province

Hon. Minister of Agriculture Hon. Minister of Agriculture

Eastern Province Northern Province

Hon. Minister of Agriculture Hon. Minister of Agriculture

North Central Province Northwestern Province

Hon. Minister of Agriculture Hon. Minister of Agriculture

Sabaragamuwa Province Sothern Province

Hon. Minister of Agriculture

Western Province

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