IPS research on Agriculture and Food Security addresses the constraints to strengthening Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector to ensure food security, improve productivity and raise farmer incomes. Strengthening food security and nutrition, improving input-use efficiency, and addressing weaknesses in public investment are important to enhance the sector’s performance. These challenges are compounded by price volatility, fragmented value chains, weak market connectivity, and post-harvest and quality-related losses, which affect both farmers and consumers.
IPS research therefore focuses on strengthening agricultural productivity, market access, and value chain development to support a more resilient and sustainable agricultural sector.