Chapter 5


Table 5.1: Food production constraints and policy measures for their alleviation



CONSTRAINTS/PROBLEMS LIMITING POLICY MEASURES TO OVERCOME THE
THE VOLUME OF FOOD PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS/PROBLEMS

Technological constraints Intensification/streamlining of agricultural
 research,
 Promotion of agric. extension and training
 Promotion of agric. mechanisation
 Improved input supply
 Irrigation
 Agricultural credits (to finance investments in
 technical improvements)
Manpower & management constraints Promotion of mechanisation
 Agric. research and extension to promote technical
 change
Land constraints Measufes to improve utilisation, e.g. by:
 Irrigation
 Mechanisation
 Research & extension
 Land reform
 Erosion control/natural resource conservation
Infrastructural and institutional constraints Improvements of rural infrastructure (e.g. roads,
 road maintenance, water supply)
 Improvements of rural institutions (e.g. input
 supply, extension, marketing services, co-
 operatives)
Marketing constraints Improvement of agric. marketing system, e.g. by:
 Investments in rural infrastructure
 Institutional reform
 Consistent marketing & pricing policies
 Special subsidies
 Credits for marketing operations (incl. storage)
Insufficient production incentives Reducing production costs, e.g. by
 Input price and supply policies
 Promoting applied research
 Promoting technical change
 Improvements of rural infrastructure
 Agric. credits
 Increasing economic returns, e.g. by
 Marketing promotion
 Producer price policy


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