Sri Lanka National Agricultural Policy (2007).

The goals and objectives of Sri Lanka National Agricultural Policy are: 1) Increase domestic agricultural production to ensure food and nutrition security of the nation; 2) Enhance agricultural productivity and ensure sustainable growth; 3) Maximize benefits and minimize adverse effects of globalization on domestic and export agriculture; 4) Adopt productive farming systems and improved agro-technologies with a view to reduce the unit cost of production and increase profits; 5) Adoption of technologies in farming that are environmentally friendly and harmless to health; 6) Promote agro-based industries and increase employment opportunities; 7) Enhance the income and the living standard of farming community. The agricultural sector will continue to play an important role in the application of strategies targeted towards a planned socio-economic development of the country. Rapid growth of the agricultural sector, particularly the domestic food production, floriculture and export crop sectors is essential to achieve self reliance at national level, ensure food security and to bring about equity in the distribution of income and wealth for alleviating of poverty.