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2.2 Input for Production
What
The key functions of Input for Production include:

1) Provision of breeding materials and other agricultural supplies such
as fertilizer, pesticide, and hormone;
2) Provision of equipment and machinery (including automation and
digital equipment).

Who
The functions above are carried out by:

1) Commercial nurseries and sellers of other agricultural supplies;
2) Sellers of agricultural equipment and machinery and developers of IT
applications;
3) Learning Centers or office of Department of Agricultural Extension
(DOAE) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC)
in every district;
4) Farmers and farmer organizations such as Community Enterprise,
Cooperatives, and Land Collectives.

How

The key functions of Input for Production are fulfilled through the following
process:

1) Farmers keep and develop seeds, sprouts, or grafting stocks themselves;
2) Farmers buy breeding materials, other agricultural supplies, equipments
& machineries from commercial operators;
3) Farmer organizations such as Community Enterprise, Cooperatives,
and Land Collectives buy breeding materials, fertilizer, pesticides,
hormones in bulk at a lower price and reselling to their members;
4) Government provides breeding materials through Learning Centers
or office of DOAE to promote new varieties;
5) Farmers adopt automation in field management or social media
marketing applications with the assistance of IT developers and the
advice of Learning Centers or office of DOAE.

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