Work on Agricultural Economics in Sri Lanka
Agricultural trade
We examine how trade policies, market conditions, exchange rates, and global economic changes influence agricultural imports, exports, food security, and farmer livelihoods. Using different quantitative and econometric approaches, this work helps explain how policy decisions affect agricultural markets and why evidence-based trade policy is important for building more resilient and sustainable agricultural systems. More broadly, these projects connect to my interest in sustainable agriculture, farmer well-being, and policy pathways that support food systems and rural communities in Sri Lanka.
Outcomes
Naduni Nayanathara, Gayanthi A. Ilangarathna, Shashika D. Rathnayake, Jeevika Weerahewa, 2023. Estimation of Short run and Longrun elasticities of food import demand in Sri Lanka: The bound testing approach. AgEcon SEARCH (Link)
Ilangarathna E.M.G.A., Nayanathara U.W.N.N., The Elasticities of Foreign Demand for Sri Lankan Agricultural Commodities, 2021. Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka (Link)
Ilangarathna E.M.G.A., Nayanathara U.W.N.N., Exchange rate as a determinant of Agricultural Export Demand of Sri Lanka: 1970-2018, 2020. 13th Annual Research Forum- Innovation in Agriculture for Sustainable Development, Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association, Sri Lanka (Link)
