Sri Lanka - Agricultural Commercialization : Improving Farmers’ Incomes in the Poorest Regions

The issue of regional differences in development has moved to the center of the development debate in Sri Lanka, partly after the release of regional poverty data. For the past many years, there have been significant and increasing differences between the Western province and the rest of the country in terms of per capita income levels, growth rates of per capita income, poverty rates, and the structure of provincial economies. The structure of the report is as follows: chapter two looks at the poverty/growth/agriculture nexus in the poorest regions of Sri Lanka. It presents data on poverty and growth in the poorest provinces, especially Uva and Sabaragamuwa, and provides an analysis of factors associated with the rural poor. Chapter three provides an overview and brief discussion of the Government's agricultural policies and programs. Chapter four identifies constraints that restrict farmers' incomes in the four poorest provinces. It presents results from extensive stakeholder consultations carried out in these provinces. These results are complemented with findings from the 2005 rural investment climate assessment to identify some of the general constraints in the agriculture sector in Sri Lanka. Chapter five presents the findings of an agricultural resource audit of small-scale farmers in the poorest regions that analyzed production, poverty and market data. The chapter identifies income opportunities, in particular for a few agricultural products with high income potential for poor farmers, whose production could take off with appropriate interventions. This chapter also provides a value chain analysis of these products and identifies product-specific constraints and gaps in the current policy portfolio that could potentially limit the Government's capacity to support the whole range of needed interventions. Drawing on the findings in previous chapters, chapter six presents' recommendations. One set of recommendations is specific to the three products with high income potential and focuses on effective interventions for their production. Another set consists of cross-cutting recommendations that would further improve performance in the targeted areas but also benefit agricultural production more broadly. Chapter seven sums up and concludes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009-05-12
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO MARKETS, AGRIBUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY, AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION, AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, AGRICULTURAL MARKET, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH POLICY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL SECTORS, AGRICULTURAL WAGE, AGRICULTURAL WAGE LABOR, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE POLICIES, AGRICULTURE RESEARCH, AGRONOMY, ALTERNATIVE CROPS, ANIMAL PROTEIN, ANIMALS, ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION, BEVERAGES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL COSTS, CASSAVA, CATTLE, CEREAL GRAINS, CEREALS, COCONUT, COFFEE, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMERCIAL FARMERS, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY EXCHANGES, COMPETITIVENESS, CONFLICT, CREDIT SCHEMES, CROP, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP YIELDS, CROPS, DAIRY FARMERS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEVELOPMENT BANKS, DIETARY PATTERNS, DOMESTIC PRICES, DROP IN POVERTY, ECOLOGICAL ZONES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EGGS, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, EQUIPMENT, EXPORT MARKETS, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FARM INCOME, FARM INCOME GROWTH, FARM SECTOR, FARMER, FARMER GROUPS, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, FARMER REPRESENTATIVES, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING ACTIVITIES, FARMS, FEED, FINGER MILLET, FISH, FISHERIES, FODDER, FOOD COMMODITIES, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CROPS, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SECURITY, GENDER, GERMPLASM, HARVEST, HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, IMPACT ON POVERTY, IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME GENERATION, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME QUINTILE, INCOMES FROM AGRICULTURE, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTEGRATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, IRRIGATION, LAND DEVELOPMENT, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND REFORM, LAND REFORMS, LAND RIGHTS, LAND TENURE, LAND TITLING, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT, MAIZE, MARKETING, MEAT, MICROFINANCE, MILK, MILK POWDER, MILK PRODUCERS, MILK PRODUCTS, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM, NGOS, OILSEEDS, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PLANTING MATERIALS, POOR FARMERS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR PRODUCERS, POORER PROVINCES, POORER REGIONS, POST-HARVEST LOSSES, POTATO, POTATOES, POULTRY, POULTRY INDUSTRY, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY DATA, POVERTY HEAD, POVERTY HEAD COUNT INDEX, POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY STATUS, PRIORITY SETTING, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTION VOLUMES, PROFITABILITY, PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, RAW MATERIALS, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, RICE, ROOTS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL CREDIT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL GROWTH, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL INVESTMENT, RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RURAL MARKET, RURAL POOR, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL ROADS, RURAL SECTOR, SCHOOLING, SEED VARIETIES, SEEDS, SMALL FARMERS, SMALL LANDHOLDINGS, SORGHUM, STORAGE FACILITIES, SUBSISTENCE, SUGAR, SWEET POTATO, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSACTION COSTS, TROPICAL FRUITS, TROPICAL VEGETABLES, TUBERS, UNIVERSITIES, VEGETABLE OILS, VEGETABLE PRODUCTION, VEGETABLES, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, WHEAT,
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