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How government policies affect agricultural
production
- Heavy taxation of imports in order to protect local
industries.
- Subsidising the growing of locally produced
commodities. This makes commodities cheap and
affordable by farmers.
- Quality controls i.e. controls the production of high
quality goods for export and domestic markets.
- Conservation of natural resources to sustain agriculture.
- Stepping up the control of diseases and parasites that
affect crops and livestock e.g by imposing of
quarantine, vaccination of animals.
- Motivating agriculture extension workers so that they
can disseminate modern farming techniques.
- Encouraging and providing farmers training.
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