Sri Lanka Unveils National Digital Framework for Agriculture

Sri Lanka has introduced a comprehensive digital framework to modernize its agricultural sector, marking a major step toward data-driven governance and decision-making.

The initiative includes the Agriculture Enterprise Architecture Framework, the Agriculture Interoperability Framework, national Data Sharing Policies, and CROPIX, a digital platform designed to manage crop data. These tools were unveiled at a high-level event jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Together, these initiatives create a unified digital infrastructure for agriculture, tackling long-standing challenges such as fragmented data systems, limited coordination among institutions, and poor data-sharing practices across government agencies.

Minister K.D. Lalkantha emphasized that the launch represents a fundamental transformation in how Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector is managed, moving toward more efficient, transparent, and evidence-based governance.