About Lesson
Problems of mountain agriculture
- Mountain regions tend to be inaccessible, fragile, and marginal, and face a variety of other constraints to their development.
- The major challenges facing mountain agriculture had beenthe production of adequate food supplies for a rapidly growing population.
- Inaccessibility has also limited the development of cereals and high-value crops, more than 16 districts are in food deficit. Improved technologies do not exist in the mountains.
- Traditional agriculture methods and poor performances have substantially increased the pressure on land resources.
- Deforestation, soil erosion, and overgrazing are widespread throughout the country.
