The use of heavy agricultural machinery and irrigation systems all of which are imported. The use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides all imported from the West. Use of hybrid seeds and animals sometimes not suited to the local environment. Use of non-renewable fossils fuel. The economic ability of the small scale farmers.
Population growth verses the diminishing land parcel.
The relationship between development and environmental degradation. Rural-Urban migration and the rising unemployment. Indegenous knowledge of the local population. Increase in pests and diseases build-up. Declining production per unit area of land arising from financial inability of the small scale farmers.