The Government of Nepal, Provincial Government and Local Level shall make the following arrangements, with mutual coordination, on the basis of available resources and means in order to promote the livelihood of the farmers, by protecting agricultural occupation:
(a) To increase investment in the agro and food production sector,
(b) To expand the sustainable use of and access to improved technology, environment friendly fertilizers, various types of seeds, pesticides or agricultural materials in food production,
(c) To give special priority to cash crops or exportable crops,
(d) To expand simple and easy access of the farmers to the insurance of seeds, crops or livestock,
(e) To increase access of the farmers to agro markets,
(f) To expand access of the farmers to infrastructures needed for organic farming,
(g) To obtain protection from the harm inflicted by the farming of chemical, toxic or genetically modified organism,
(h) To fix minimum support price of the prescribed crops that can be hoarded for a longer period,
(i) To develop the system of giving prior information about weather including excessive rainfall, less rainfall or draught,
(j) To promote sustainable agricultural system based on bio-diversity,
(k) To professionalize, industrialize, modernize, mechanicalize the agriculture in order to protect agricultural occupation,
(l) To expand access of women farmers and landless families dependent on agriculture to agricultural land and agricultural materials, on the basis of priority,
(m) To prevent the water resources used for the agricultural crops, fruits and the livestock from being otherwise used to make unsuitable for such products,
(n) To make arrangements to provide the farmers with compensation as prescribed, during the prescribed situations against harm and loss of agro products or agro crops,
(o) To fix support price of the agro products based on the investment cost.