Agriculture and Industry — full notes
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Agriculture and Industry
1. Role of agriculture in economic development
Provides food security, employment, raw materials for industry, export earnings, and a market for domestically manufactured goods.
2. Problems facing the agricultural sector
Over-reliance on rain-fed farming, fragmented landholdings, poor rural infrastructure, limited access to credit and inputs, price volatility, land tenure disputes.