| Researchers | ||||||
Category | Supervising agency | Executing agency | Research focus | Head count | FTEs | Year |
Government | Ministry of Plantation Industries | Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka (RRI) | Rubber | 32 | 24.0 | 2003 |
Coconut Research Institute (CRI) | Coconut | 34 | 34.0 | 2003 | ||
Sugarcane Research Institute (SCRI) | Sugarcane | 19 | 19.0 | 2003 | ||
Tea Research Institute (TRI) | Tea | 39 | 39.0 | 2003 | ||
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation | Institute of Post Harvest Technology (IPHT) | Crops, postharvest | 25 | 25.0 | 2003 | |
Department of Export Agriculture (DEA) | Crops | 23 | 23.0 | 2003 | ||
Horticulture Research and Development Institute (HRDI) | Fruits, vegetables | 113 | 113.0 | 2003 | ||
Field Crops Research and Development Institute (FCRDI) | Crops, forestry | 59 | 59.0 | 2003 | ||
Hector Kobbe Kaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI) | Socioeconomics, policy | 38 | 38.0 | 2003 | ||
Rice Research and Development Institute (RRDI) | Rice | 40 | 30.0 | 2003 | ||
Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) | Veterinary | 32 | 32.0 | 2003 | ||
Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (CARP) | Socioeconomics, policy | 8 | 8.0 | 2003 | ||
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources | National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) | Fisheries, aquaculture | 40 | 40.0 | 2003 | |
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources | Forest Department (FD) | Forestry | 6 | 6.0 | 2003 | |
Universities | Subaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka | Faculty of Agricultural Sciences | na | 13 | 2.6 | 2003 |
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka | Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management | Crops, socioeconomics | 18 | 5.4 | 2003 | |
Eastern University | Faculty of Agriculture | Crops, livestock, postharvest, natural resources, socioeconomics | 20 | 6.7 | 2003 | |
University of Jaffna | Faculty of Agriculture | Crops, livestock, forestry | 18 | 6.0 | 2003 | |
University of Ruhuna | Faculty of Agriculture | Crops, livestock, engineering, socioeconomics | 52 | 17.3 | 2003 | |
University of Peradeniya | Faculty of Agriculture | Crops, livestock | 104 | 31.2 | 2003 | |
Private | Chemical Industries Colombo, Ltd. | CIC Agribusiness | Crops | 2 | 2.0 | 2003 |
- ASTI country brief on Sri Lanka, 2005 (PDF 330K)