Objects and purposes of the Act
The objective of this Act is to accelerate the growth and development of agriculture in general, enhance productivity and incomes of farmers and the rural population, improve investment climate and efficiency of agribusiness and develop agricultural crops as export crops that will augment the foreign exchange earnings of the country, through promotion of the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of crops in suitable areas of the country and in particular to—
(a)
circumvent unnecessary regulatory bureaucracy in the crops subsector;
(b)
reduce unnecessary levies, taxes or other barriers to free movement of crop products and provide for a rationalized taxation system;
(c)
reduce unnecessary regulation or over-regulation of the crops subsector;
(d)
reduce duplication and overlap of functions among institutions involved in the regulation of crop agriculture;
(e)
promote competitiveness in the crops subsector and to develop diversified crop products and market outlets; and
(f)
attract and promote private investment in crop agriculture.
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