The pace of market development will accelerate if open-access sources of fuelwood are eliminated, cutting in protected areas stopped, farmers are not restricted in marketing wood production near cities, and communities and farmers have uncontested ownership of local forests and woodlands. Infrastructure Development and Settlement Policy. The strong bias in urban infrastructure investments favoring the few major cities needs to be abandoned. Rural roads and improved tracks navigable for animal-drawn vehicles are crucial. Infrastructure development also has a major impact on the productivity of rural labor and on key determinants of fertility.
Roads provide access to health facilities and schools.
Better educated and healthier farmers are more productive and more likely to be innovators. Water supply and sanitation facilities have significant impact on health and labor productivity. Natural Resource Management and Environmental Protection. Establishing conservation areas and protecting forests is conducive to promoting agricultural growth, because they protect watersheds and stabilize local and regional climate and hydrological systems. If the rate of agricultural intensification can be increased, the constraining impact of expanding conservation areas on crop land expansion can be offset and conservation will be fully consistent with agricultural growth.