Increased demand for saleable feed crops
leading to improved land-use and crop cultivation

The policy pressures that contribute to the environmental benefits arising from improved land use and crop cultivation include

- Appropriate input and output pricing policies that facilitate more efficient and sustainable land use and cultivation practices
- Appropriate regulatory policies that respect local natural resource management and environmental needs
- Appropriate financial policies on various inputs, exchange rate and import/export policies
- Economies of scale that encourage the use of a larger volume of inputs leading to a more than proportional increase in outputs

Policy options that can increase the environmental benefits from improved land use and crop cultivation include

- Environmental regulation:

- Improvements in the management of land resources including ensuring that the principle of the polluter pays including
- restricting the use of any polluting inputs and ensuring safeminimum standards for any pollutants produced
- regulations encouraging soil conservation measures, such as contour ploughing and minimum tillage

- Adapting pricing, subsidy and taxation policies to ensure recovery of full cost of goods and services; phasing out of subsidies on inorganic fertilisers and feeds
- Investment incentives/transitional subsidies to encourage improvements in I infrastructure to reduce emissions and ensure minimum standards are met
- Improved methods of managing soil fertility and utilising inorganic fertilisers
- A policy favouring crops whose potential negative environmental impact risks are lower
- Improving Land Tenure
- Adoption of policies and practices that facilitate and encourage regional integration
- Encouragement of R & D to ensure the sustainable land-use and crop production practices

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