Veteran Export Professional Dr. Kingsley Bernard assumed Chairmanship of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) on 3rd April. He succeeds the outgoing Chairman Suresh D de Mel who ended his tenure last month. Addressing the EDB staff upon assuming duties, the new EDB Chief remarked a quantum leap in export performance is necessary and.
Current status Agriculture currently occupies around 40% of the land and consumes over 80% of the fresh water resources of the country. There are about two million farmers, who account for 25% of the workforce of the country; yet, they contribute only around 6% of the GDP, which shows the low productivity of both land […]