His Excellency the President under his ??ahinda Chinthana ??Vision for the future??established the Ministry of Minor Export Crop Promotion as a Strategy to achieve the target of creating Sri Lanka, the wonder of Asia, on twenty second of November Two Thousand Ten. The objective of the establishment of the Minor Export crop Promotion Ministry is to improve qualitatively and quantitatively the production and selling of these products to enhance the local economy and the farmer life-style. The major activities of the Ministry are planning, operation and evaluation of the Export Agriculture Department, and Cashew Corporation. Vision Sri Lanka ??The spice hub of Asia. Mission Leading the spice industry to achieve the excellence in cultivation, production, marketing and promotion. Major activities Planning, guiding and implementing policies for minor export crop promotionCultivation of crops, production and sales promotionUp-liftman of farmers and contributing to the National developmentResearch and trainingGuiding and advising for research and development of minor export crop promotionKey Trust Areas Policy & PlanningResearch & DevelopmentTraining & Capacity BuildingFacilitating & PromotionThe programmes implemented to achieve the above objectives will create motivation in the promotion of rural level agric-crops and it will be a significant economic element at national level. It will promote the segment of minor crop portfolio in the national economy. That will surpass the contribution made to the Gross Domestic product 0.5% in 2009. The aspiration is to double the foreign income earned within next 5 years. Division 01. Administration Division02. Finance Division03. Development Division04. Policy and Planning Division05. Education and Promotion Division