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Item Tea Production in Sri Lanka(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Dias, K. M. G. M.Tea production of Sri Lanka is one of the main income sources of the country. It is the fourth largest producer of tea in the world, and the second largest exporter. This industry is one of the country’s main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, contributing over US $ 1.5 billion in 2013to the economy of Sri Lanka. The tea sector employs, directly or indirectly over one million people in Sri Lanka and 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantation and estates. The central highlands of the country, low temperature climate throughout the year, annual rainfall and the level of humidity are more favorable geographical factors for production in high quality tea. The industry was introduced to the country in 1867 by James Taylor, the British planter who arrived in 1852. This study examines how current situation of Sri Lanka’s tea industry. The main objectives of this study are to find out what are the current trends in tea industry prevailing at Sri Lanka, to find out how does tea affect to maximize the Gross Domestic Production and find out what the criteria that will deteriorate the trend of the tea market. Secondary data was used only for data acquisition in the study method. Secondary data will be collected mainly from tea institute, journals, text books, prior research reports. Also, it will be used Central Bank Reports. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques. Furthermore, regression analysis will be used to see the relationship between tea exports earnings and Gross Domestic Production. This study confirms that Sri Lanka tea production for the period January-December 2018 reached 303,843 MT showing a decrease of 3,237 MT against the volume of 307,080 MT registered during the same period of 2017, Sri Lanka tea exports for the period January-December 2018 reached 282,363 MT against the volume of 288,984 MT registered for 2017 showing a decrease of 6,621 MT and decline in tea exports is a result of some external and internal factorsItem Strengthening Exports for Unifloral Honey through E-traceability(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Srivastava, A.; Dr.Dashora, K.The food industry is becoming more consumer-oriented today. Honey is being increasingly consumed for its high nutritive value and its immense contribution to human health. Globally, the annual honey production is about 1.2 million tons which account for about 1% of the total sugar production. Economically developed countries have a higher consumption rate of honey. Getting unifloral honey consistently from uncultivated sources is relatively rare in occurrence, making it a high-value commercial product which is in huge demand. However, a large number of adulteration cases in honey have been observed hampering the otherwise high potential of this food commodity. Failure to meet the prescribed quality standards, as suggested by the International Honey Commission, has created an urgent need for employing easy and accurate techniques for detecting adulteration. Honey supply chain comprises of multiple entities from producers i.e. beekeepers/farmers to end consumers. The various entities work together to bring the premium quality of honey on the market. This kind of system is aimed at ensuring speed, cost, and system efficiency in the supply chain. This has necessitated countries to maintain transparency and visibility in the entire supply chain. Implementation of food safety systems such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and exporters’ access to market information and on their marketing know-how has become a crucial content in addressing food safety issues. The study at IIT Delhi aims to use blockchain technology to track the supply chain of unifloral Honey. This research focusses on the utilization and development of blockchain technology and thus analyze its usage in building the unifloral honey supply chain traceability system. This would effectively guarantee the food safety issues in Indian honey by gathering, transferring and sharing the authentic data of honey in production, processing, distribution and selling links