The Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakody

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Gampaha· 21 October 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question 7: Safeguard of Interests of Farmers, Traders and Consumers

Agriculture

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Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakody asked whether the Government could implement demand-based crop planning to address production volatility in agriculture. He noted that when farmers shift en masse to a profitable crop in the following season, oversupply can result in gluts and price crashes.

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¶ 01 My second supplementary: Production swings drive volatility; when one farmer grows a crop profitably, many others switch next season, leading to gluts and price crashes. Can we implement demand-based crop planning?

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 21 October 2025 ·No. 22635 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ruwanthilaka Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 October 2025. No. 22635. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29546