Abstract:
Organic Agriculture in Sri Lanka has been gradually awakened and the role and participation of key organizations such as private sector organizations, non- government and government organizations have been strengthened. By 20 10, the organic cultivation covered over 43,664 hectares of land, which was I.7% of the total agricultural land in the country (FiBL- IFOAM survey, 2012).Although local marketing does not yet go through the Formal inspection and certification process, the production and processing for export involves a systematically organized formal inspection and certification which is carried out be internationally accredited certification bodies.
There are number of non- government organizations, farmer organization, private- owned organic farms and export companies who are involving in the promotion of organic agriculture production and marketing in Badulla district. However, there is no any documented information source about the organic agriculture supply chain in the district. Developing and managing supply chains require an integrated approach in which all the stakeholders should collectively plan and control all the functions to achieve the sustainability. In this backdrop, it is a compulsory exercise to study the present status of the organic supply chain in the Badulla district and the present study aimed at examining the existing chain components, different interactions existed, the quality of the interactions and any problematic interfaces existing within the chain.
