– Wrong selection of vegetal material, timing of transplanting, poor water management, undeveloped root system, no pest / insect control, no ground disease management.
Lack of Agricultural Knowledge
– No access to professional training for farmers and youths.
– No implementation of best practices
– no soil sampling, no land preparation, wrongful use of fertilizer and pesticides, poor water management, poor harvest management, wrong post
-harvest treatment, no identification and monitoring of diseases.
No access to working
capital
– Inability to finance main agriculture inputs
– fertilizer and pesticide, irrigation solution, logistics and storage.
– Banks refuse loans to family farms and the alternative, micro-finance is too expensive.