Sri Lanka, Feb. 21 -- Sri Lanka should look at modernizing the agricultural sector as it could become a very high FOREX earner and also help towards food security, said Minister of Agriculture and and Plantation Industries Mahinda Amaraweera who was appointed as the Chairman of the 37th Asia-Pacific Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization for the next two years yesterday in Colombo.

He said that while the local private sector has spearheaded investing in agriculture the SME's too should move more towards engaging in agriculture.

"We need to change the attitudes of the people in the agriculture sector. I am a firm believer of Science and Technology based decision making. We can make this country back to normal ...