දේශගුණික විපර්යාසයන්ට තිරසර විසදුම් සහිත හරිත සමාජ ආර්ථික රටාවක් බිහි කිරීම් අරමුණු කරගෙන කාබනික පොහොර භාවිතයට ගොවි ජනතාව දිරිමත් කිරීමට රජය තීරණය කරඇත . අවට පරිසරයෙන් පහසුවෙන් සපයාගත හැකි සත්ත්ව සහ ශාක අමු ද්‍රව්‍ය එකතු කරගෙන අපගේ වගාබිම් තුළම උසස් ප්‍රමිතියෙන් යුත් කාබනික පොහොර අපටම නිෂ්පාදනය කරගත හැකිය.

පසට කාබනික ද්‍රව්‍ය එකතු කිරීම මගින් අස්වැන්නත් සමඟ පසෙන් ඉවත් වන ශාක පෝෂක නැවත පසට ලබාදීමට අමතරව පසේ සාරවත් බව රැකගැනීමට ඉවහල් වන පාංශු ජීවීන්ගේ ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය ආරක්ෂාවීමත්, පසේ භෞතික ගුණාංග වැඩි දියුණුවීමත් සිදුවෙයි

Agriculture formed the basis of Sri Lankan civilization over many centuries. It was not just an occupation, but an entire culture which sustained the Sri Lankan public in harmony with the natural environment and resources. Ancient Sri Lankan agriculture system fulfils all the criteria of modern concepts of sustainability, conservation and agroecology making it a model example for the world. Furthermore, analysis of sophisticated kingdoms such as Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Ruhuna lead us to believe that the agriculture systems of the time could sustain large and rapidly growing populations and economies. After independence, successive governments embarked on agriculture reforms aimed at promoting agrochemical-based agriculture practices aimed at achieving food security rapidly. This misadventure has led to many harmful consequences.

Sri Lanka has seen a rapid rise in the incidence of chronic kidney disease among agricultural communities over the past three decades. It kills more than 5000 annually, mainly among rural low-income farming communities. The death toll of CKD and long-term morbidity will soon surpass casualties due to the war, tsunami and all other manmade and natural disasters the country has seen in its history. Concurrently, the public has seen an exponential rise in non-communicable diseases including diabetes, cancers and cardiovascular diseases during the same period. There is evidence to suggest that even infants and children have already been affected by these diseases which have direct associations with agrochemical use.

In addition to this health crisis of genocidal proportions, the natural resources of the country have been severely degraded due to agrochemical use and harmful agriculture practices. Surface water of many agriculture-based areas are contaminated with agrochemicals and related heavy metals, directly leading to CKD. For the first time in two and half millennia of civilization, many areas of North Central province are dependent upon external drinking water supply. Similarly, soil of both dry and wet zones have been severely degraded, acidified and natural microbiome eliminated due to agrochemical use.

Unfortunately, despite this massive human and environmental disaster, expected economic benefits to the country and agrarian communities have failed to materialize. Most among nearly 3 million agriculture-based families remain poor, dependent and in debt. Fruits of gradual economic development and expansion of the middle class have not reached farming communities with equity. Similarly, contribution of agriculture as a proportion of Sri Lankan economy has declined despite a large portion of public being dependent upon it.

Therefore, we are in urgent need of redirecting our agriculture in to a healthy, sustainable, and economically viable pathway which combines our traditional values and knowledge with advances of modern science.