The role of government in promoting agricultural development

• Liberalization of agriculture enabling private investors.
• Construction of dams and setting up irrigation schemes to enable cropping throughout the year.
• Provision of agricultural inputs such as fertilizers at subsidized prices.
• Development of improved planting materials.
• Provision of agricultural extension services.
• Provision of better tools equipment and cheap short and long-term credit.
• Encourage and assist farmers to form cooperative unions to source cheap inputs and market for the produce.
• Provision of water through valley dams and borehole to livestock in dry areas.
• Improvement of road network in rural area to enable marketing of produce and acquisition of inputs
• Construction of collection centres and modern storage facilities for produce.
• Promote agro-processing in order to add value to agricultural produce.
• Universal education to reduce illiteracy and ignorance
• Land reclamation to increase agricultural land

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Dr. Bbosa Science