Insufficient returns from farming

Name(s): 
Economic difficulties of farmers
Questioned farm profitability
Poor-risk commercial farming
Farms overburdened by debt
Decreasing profit margin from fishing
Unprofitable fish marketing
Increasingly narrow profit margin for primary producers
Incidence 
According to a 1995 report, fish catch declines in specific fishing grounds threatened the livelihoods of as many as 200 million people who depended on fish as a source of income.
Broader 
Disincentives against farming
Unproductive subsistence agriculture
Discouraging conditions for small business
Narrower 
Delayed profits
Insufficient cash crops
Related 
Counterproductive eco-labelling
Overlooked potential for industrial development in rural communities
Aggravates 
Personal debt
Rural unemployment [in 6 loops]
Risk of capital investment [in 3 loops]
Inadequate agricultural capital [in 3 loops]
Aggravated by 
Agricultural risks
Loss of fish nurseries
Uneconomical small farms
Agricultural mismanagement
Prohibitive costs of farming
Inappropriate cash crop policy
Unavailability of farming land
Underdevelopment of fishing industry
Middleman control of rural marketing
Undue control of prices by intermediaries
Unsustainable exploitation of fish resources
Cultural traditions blocking business profit
Limited local markets for goods and services
Inadequate management skills in rural communities
Strategy(ies) 
Increasing food production to reduce rural poverty
Type 
(D) Detailed problems