soil-conservation-people-religion-and-land.pdf - South West NRM
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I. ORGANISATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS<br />
1. k&d % G.N.P. for Soil Conservation<br />
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A st<strong>and</strong>ing agreement should be reached between all federal<br />
parties that a fixed minimum percentage of G.N. Po be allocated<br />
to <strong>soil</strong> <strong>conservation</strong> annually. This percentage should be not<br />
less than $150 million in present real terms. Fiscal policy<br />
must ensure that such funds allocated to States cannot be used<br />
for other purposes.<br />
2. Development of On-Goins Asricultural Policv<br />
Federal government should develop an agricultural policy in<br />
conjunction with the States to form an on-going framework for<br />
decision-making in agriculture. This policy should replace the<br />
present annual budgetary influences on production <strong>and</strong> marketing.<br />
The Agricultural Council should be replaced by a new planning<br />
<strong>and</strong> policy-formulating body given special powers under the<br />
constitution to implement legislation on l<strong>and</strong> use <strong>and</strong><br />
stabilisation.<br />
3. Rural Reconstruction <strong>and</strong> Livins Areas<br />
The Rural Reconstruction <strong>and</strong> associated schemes should azm- to<br />
amalgamate properties <strong>and</strong> to achieve a total number of<br />
l<strong>and</strong>holders which reflects the capability of agricultural l<strong>and</strong><br />
in each region.<br />
4. Economic Sisnificance of the Rural Sector<br />
Governments should recognise the inequity between the productive<br />
capacity <strong>and</strong> the voting strength of constituencies. Presently<br />
over 40% of national export earnings are produced by less than<br />
5% of the voters. Since this minority group act as trustees of<br />
the nation's food-producing resources, special consideration of<br />
fiscal policy relating to l<strong>and</strong> maintenance is called for.<br />
5. Transport, Storase <strong>and</strong> Export of Products 3<br />
ional off-farm problems, including duplication <strong>and</strong><br />
ion of delivery of products should be improved to the<br />
f international competitiveness.<br />
6. International Marketinq<br />
To reduce the unpredictability of marketing of agricultural 1<br />
produce, federal government should develop more entrepreneural<br />
<strong>and</strong> adaptive international marketing agencies. In this way more<br />
permanency <strong>and</strong> predictability could be introduced into the<br />
planning of farming systems.<br />
7. Intesration of De~artments<br />
The recent trend in some States to combine a number of<br />
departments concerned with the planning <strong>and</strong> use of l<strong>and</strong><br />
resources should be extended to all States <strong>and</strong> to federal