provide adequate funding for adaptive agricultural research and strengthen agricultural extension services to enable the development and dissemination of appropriate technology; ii. develop a long-term food production plan considering regional land productivity, crop suitability and other agro-ecological characteristics; iii. invest in roads, canals, irrigation, rural electrification and market infrastructure needed to promote growth in food production; and iv. develop required human resources for agricultural research and extension and their effective utilisation in disseminating appropriate production technology.