Many basic steps have been taken by the government to improve the productivity in the agriculture field and to affirm the food security in the country by the 2016 budget and Rs. 1000 million has been allocated to construct three warehouses in the said districts for provision of high standard storing facilities to farmers to store paddy, maize, gingili, pepper, and black gram etc in the harvesting periods.

Accordingly the proposal made by Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake, to award the consultancy contract to the CECB to accelerate the construction work of these warehouses, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.