Hon. Namal Karunaratne - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock

¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, I provide the answer.

¶ 02 (a) (i) Cinnamon, pepper, coffee, cocoa, nutmeg, mace, clove, cardamom, vanilla, arecanut, betel, turmeric, ginger, citronella, lemongrass, garcinia (goraka), kithul (jaggery/palm products), and allied value-added oleoresins and essential oils.

¶ 03 (ii) Export revenues by crop and year from 2015 to 2025 are set out in Annex 01; detailed cinnamon export values for 2015–2025 are in Annex 02. (Figures include pepper, clove, cloves stems, nutmeg, mace, coffee, cocoa, cardamom, ginger, turmeric, garcinia, arecanut, betel, vanilla, citronella/lemongrass, oleoresins, pepper oil, clove oil, etc.)

¶ 04 (iii) Measures include: - Adoption and certification of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to meet international standards; issuing GAP certificates. - Post-harvest technology support, including capital assistance for equipment to improve quality and value addition. - Promoting organic cultivation and marketing, facilitating certifications (organic and fair-trade), with technical guidance and investment support. - Enhancing productivity in existing cultivations via provision of quality planting material, micro-irrigation units and pest management units with investment assistance. - Farmer education through mass media, radio, farmer clinics, field days and training programmes. - Advisory services for export readiness and linking suppliers with buyers. - Establishing export-oriented agriculture villages. - Expanding cultivated area to increase production capacity. - Implementing research programmes on export agricultural crops.

¶ 05 (b) Not applicable.