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VOICE OF A FARMER Continued from page 17
distortion through provincial subsidies; climate; processing
competition, or the lack of it; lack of stoop labor; inadequate
transportation; and high interest rates.
All these constraints can be overcome by a good agri-food
strategy. — "The federal government believes market
development is the key to growth in the agri-food industry. It
provides direction for the other two thrusts of the agri-food
strategy -mission oriented research and upgrading the supply
base."
The market development strategy deals mainly with expansion
of domestic food processing and encouraging Canadians to buy
and sell Canadian products here and abroad.
However, to market a product the seller must first have it. To
that end the ministry proposes programs (not spelled out) to
broaden the land base of Canadian agriculture by going further
north and by upgrading land in the south.
Finally the minister asks: "What do you think?"
I think that the minister could have gone ahead with many of the
proposals already. Research and Development (R & D) has been
neglected in many parts of the food production chain. We have the
scientists, all we need is funds to expand.
I think that the minister should begin now to attach an
agricultural sales department to every embassy in the world. It
must be big enough to have people free to do market research
without political interference.
I think the minister should match the Europeans in instituting
an export rebate for agricultural products.
Finally, I think that the Challenge for Growth will be gathering
dust because it is no more than an exercise in public relation,.
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