Agriculture, food and water - FAO.org
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Agriculture, food and water - FAO.org
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AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND WATER<br />
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Diversification also calls for higher levels of management capacity, as it is not enough to produce<br />
a variety of crops: in addition to being produced, these have to be marketed. Policy <strong>and</strong> economic<br />
factors such as market incentives <strong>and</strong> availability of labour influence the crop choice of farmers.<br />
Availability of low-cost pumping technology has supported the expansion, under private initiative<br />
<strong>and</strong> finance, of diversified cropping systems.