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Item Market Reform, Diversification, and Food Security in Sri Lanka(Haworth Press, 2005) Kelegama, Saman; Babu, Suresh ChandraThe major objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of the issues and challenges facing Sri Lankan policy makers in their efforts to introduce market reforms, liberalize external trade and diversify the agricultural production base.Item Agenda Presented by the Bretton Woods Institutions and Food Security in South Asia(SAWTEE, 2001) Kelegama, SamanInstitutions like FAO focus mainly on global food security while various regional blocs focus on their regional food security. The Bretton Woods institutions focus on national food security, but the focus is mostly at the macro-level. The approach of Bretton Woods institutions in addressing the food security issues at the macro level is based very much on trade policy and finding market-based solutions in the rural economies. Little importance is given to the non-level playing field that exists in global agricultural trade and it is assumed that the comparative advantage doctrine determined by trade policy can ensure food security at the household level if other domestic distortions are removed. This chapter examines this line of argument in more detail.Item Managing the Food Price Inflation in Sri Lanka(Siripa Publishers, 2010) Kelegama, SamanItem Food Security in Sri Lanka(Hector Kobbekaduwa Trust, 2000) Kelegama, SamanThe approach to food security in Sri Lanka and the changing nature of policy are discussed in this book chapter. It does not intend to discuss food security from a dietary or nutritional perspective but from a more overall macro and micro economic perspective.