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Objectives of Agriculture. To meet the food requirements of the populationTo generate export earningsTo provide raw materials for industryTo eradicate poverty and unsanitary conditions of the countryside. Conventional Agricultural Problems. Over-specialization, monocropping, and excessive intensi
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1. Utilizing Soil Microbes
2. Objectives of Agriculture To meet the food requirements of the population
To generate export earnings
To provide raw materials for industry
To eradicate poverty and unsanitary conditions of the countryside
3. Conventional Agricultural Problems Over-specialization, monocropping, and excessive intensification
Excessive dependence on external inputs
Large-scale deforestation
Salinization, erosion, compaction, and fertility loss of soils
Unsustainable intensive factory farming systems of animal production
Heavy rural-urban migration
4. Effects of the Multidimensional Crisis State subsidies were reduced Purchasing capacity was reduced (up to 40 percent) Fuel price was increased (some even doubled) Fertilizers were reduced to 25 percent Pesticides were reduced to 40 percent Animal feed concentrates were reduced to 30 percent