III. MECHANISMS FOR INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO AGRICULTURAL POLICY
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A. National agricultural policy
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1. Review of NAP
NAP was effective in guiding resource allocation, cropping patterns and output growth. But during the economic boom, the manufacturing sector surpassed agriculture when the country became industrialized and more linked to, and interdependent on, world trade. That change created increasing income and productivity disparities between agriculture and the other sectors of the economy, particularly manufacturing. Agriculture therefore had to be re- orientated in order to survive. It had to remain competitive, dynamic and market-driven.
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