This publication is addressed to civic leaders who are interested in the establishment of manufacturing enterprises as a means of increasing local jobs and incomes. It is designed to help them determine whether an agricultural processing plant would be a practical enterprise in their communities.

Since 1947 Sweden has been following an explicit policy of maintaining a domestic agriculture capable of supplying the country's food needs in case of national isolation. This is an integral part of Sweden's foreign policy of neutrality. At the same time, the aim is to provide the agricultural work force with a standard of living equal to that of “comparable” groups. The policy has mainly been implemented through variable import fees. Three different systems have been used to establish these fees, with varying degrees of success in maintaining both agricultural incomes and some flexibility in production. The government has also aided the modernization of agricultural production. It is estimated that the current cost of supporting agriculture is between $200 and $300 million per year.

In the marketing section of its research programme the Agricultural Economics Research unit is concerned, amongst other things, with formulating projections of the future demand for New Zealand's agricultural exports. Such projections are an essential ingredient in the formulation of long term development plans for the New Zealand economy, especially in so far as those plans are concerned with the desirability of emphasis on increasing exports compared with the expansion of import substitution. Market projections are also needed to assist policy makers in making the correct decisions as to the relative accent which should be placed on different products within the broad agricultural group. In this latter context, market projections or targets for specific products, are particularly important as a necessary adjunct to the overall agricultural production target of 4 per cent per annum, set by the Agricultural Development Conference. In this paper, the author directs his attention first to the general methodological questions underlying market projections; and then he turns his attention more specifically to the likely future supply of and demand for dairy products. The question he sets out to answer is "Can New Zealand in the next ten years sell, at profitable prices, an increased quantity of dairy products at a rate which would justify encouraging the industry to expand its output at 4 per cent per annum?".

Be the main objective of the extension; the development of people and the development of rural areas. Agricultural enterprises are addressed in their improvement of agricultural production, therefore it is an important area that needs attention. Increasing the amounts of food and fiber is essential to sustain population growth and support industrial expansion.