Opportunities in Developing Agriculture to be explored at the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2020

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COVID-19 has disrupted agriculture and supply chains in every corner of the globe. Firms in the supply chain have been tested and some have had to transform their business models. In Sri Lanka, where nearly quarter of the population is employed in the Agriculture sector, the focus has shifted toward developing this sector and strengthening the supply chains.

Can policymakers make use of this opportunity to resolve pre-pandemic issues in the sector and introduce technology to boost production and limit wastage?

One of the key sessions of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit (SLES) 2020 will be on the timely topic of ‘Post-Pandemic Agriculture- Opportunity in a Crisis’. The session will aim to discuss the opportunities that lie within the sector to drive overall economic recovery. SLES 2020, the premier economic forum, this year too will have a lineup of contemporary dialogues under this year’s theme ‘Roadmap for Take-Off: Driving a People-Centric Economic Revival’.

The presenters at this plenary will include International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Representative Dr. Nafees Meah and Ministry of Agriculture Secretary Sumedha Perera.

The presenters will be joined by Sunshine Holdings PLC Group Managing Director Vish Govindasamy, Hayleys PLC Executive Director Jayanthi Dharmasena, Agrithmics Director/CEO Prashanth Premakumar and Oceanpick Private Ltd., Founder Irfan Thassim.

The session will be moderated by Vidulanka PLC Director Rizvi Zaheed.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will be organizing the 20th SLES on the 1 and 2 of December at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo. This will be the 20th consecutive year the Chamber is organizing the country’s foremost economic event. For further information regarding the event, please email [email protected] or [email protected].