- Shortage of labour;
- Lack of motivation to invest in agriculture
- Increased cost of living leading to low investment in agriculture/lack of
resources for Agricultural production.;
- Government and NGOs are spending a lot of time and resources
controlling the disease instead of investment in agriculture.
- Lack of market for agricultural produce
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