Pricing policies in relation to agricultural productivity and environment: The case of Swaziland
1990
Dlamini, P.M. | Adams, S.N.
Pricing policies are an important feature of rural economic development in both developed and developing countries. The most cited of these are policies geared towards raising farm output, subsidizing farm output and input prices and import control. The main objective of this paper is to examine the effect of these policies and their impact on productivity and the environment. It is concluded that sound policies could increase local production of crops primarily by raising output per unit area and by encouraging farming through input subsidies and protection of local production by levies on imports of certain crops. Increased food production could also be obtained without serious damage to the environment if agro-chemicals were continuously used.
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