Sri Lanka’s Paddy Problems: Rethinking Productivity

In this episode, Mr. Dhammika Ranatunga, Commissioner General of the Department of Agrarian Development, discusses Sri Lanka’s paddy sector and the challenges affecting productivity, farmer livelihoods, and food security.

The conversation explores the factors behind stagnant paddy yields, the challenges created by fragmented farmland, and the role of better infrastructure, technology, farmer organisations, irrigation, fertiliser policy, and agribusiness in improving the sector.