Sri Lanka, April 27 -- The urgent need to build sustainable and resilient agrifood systems to respond to growing challenges like climate change, market volatility and food security concerns was highlighted by Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation Minister K.D. Lalkantha.Sri Lanka Tourism

The Minister was speaking virtually at Friday's opening of the 38th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific in Brunei.

He underscored Sri Lanka's priorities to strengthen domestic production, reduce import dependency, and improve the livelihoods of farming communities for this.

The Minister emphasised further that advancing agricultural modernisation through digital governance, improve...