Sri Lanka launches national digital framework for agriculture sector
The Morning: Sri Lanka has launched a unified digital framework aimed at modernising agricultural governance and decision-making, marking a significant shift toward a data-driven agriculture sector.
The Agriculture Enterprise Architecture Framework, Agriculture Interoperability Framework, national Data Sharing Policies, and CROPIX, a digital platform for crop data, were formally introduced at a high-level event co-hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, with funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The initiatives together establish the digital public infrastructure for agriculture, addressing long-standing issues related to fragmented data systems, limited coordination among institutions, and weak data-sharing mechanisms across Government agencies.
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation K.D. Lalkantha said the launch marked a fundamental change in how the sector is governed.
OSL take:
Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic expansion and the path towards becoming a hub in the South Asian region have given a boost to the country’s digital industry, which is on a steady growth path as well. The expansion in all key economic sectors at present and the expansion in the digital industry have created business/investment opportunities in all these economic sectors. The national digital framework for the agriculture sector that was launched recently is an example of the growing opportunities for the digital industry in all economic sectors. The growth and business potential in Sri Lanka’s digital industry and related sectors are evident with the ongoing digitization programme launched by the Sri Lankan government covering all sectors in the country as well as the focus on transforming the country into a digital economy that is on par with the fast-evolving global digital industry. Given all these developments, foreign businesses/investors could confidently explore the expanding business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s digital industry and related sectors while also looking at expanding operations through local collaborations.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/20260203/Z_1 |