As Minister Jayatissa and experts emphasise, the private sector’s dynamism, combined with targeted public support, offers the best path to a competitive, sustainable livestock industry that delivers for consumers, producers, and the nation.
Analysts project that without such investments, ongoing global risks – geopolitical, climatic, and logistical – could keep prices elevated and margins tight for farmers into 2026 and beyond.
The simultaneous provincial wheat-release programme may ease some pressure on millers, but bakers say the benefit will only reach them if official roti rates are adjusted accordingly.
Analysts project that without such investments, ongoing global risks – geopolitical, climatic, and logistical – could keep prices elevated and margins tight for farmers into 2026 and beyond.