• Improve rural infrastructure development and encourage irrigation farming • Support the private sector to add value to traditional crops such as cocoa • Strengthen the production of non-traditional export commodities to enhance the foreign exchange earning power of the country. Policy Measures, Instruments and Initiatives To achieve the policy objective modernizing the agriculture sector and developing an agro-business industry the Government is committed to implementing policy initiatives and measures targeted at: • improving the mechanization of the agriculture production process as well as improving irrigation capacity and the use of fertilizers to improve productivity and yield per hectare • special agriculture development policy instruments, and incentive programmes including special budgetary packages and investment incentives to promote the development of the agriculture sector; • promoting and facilitating the development of the physical and social infrastructure --- targeting the rural areas to support the development of agriculture sector; The Key Implementation Agencies, Players and Stakeholders • • • • • • Ministry of Food and Agriculture Ministry of Private Sector Development The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Small and Medium Scale Development Agencies Chamber of Commerce and Industry Private Sector Businesses and Establishments 56