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Purpose: To provide income support to farmers regardless of market conditions. Impact: Helps stabilize farmer income and can encourage overproduction.

Purpose: To assist farmers in recovery from natural disasters such as droughts, floods, and hurricanes. Impact: Helps in rebuilding farming operations and preserving rural livelihoods post-disaster.

Purpose: To provide accessible financing options for farmers to invest in their operations. Impact: Enables farm expansion and modernization, though long-term debt can be a risk.

Purpose: To promote organic agriculture practices. Impact: Increases the production of organic foods and supports sustainable land use, but may initially decrease yields.

Purpose: To protect farmers against the risks of crop failure due to natural disasters. Impact: Reduces the financial volatility for farmers, potentially leading to more consistent production.

Purpose: To encourage farmers to diversify their crops or livestock to reduce risk. Impact: Promotes agricultural resilience and stability, but may divert resources from more profitable single-crop farming.

Purpose: To support the production and use of biofuels from agricultural products. Impact: Encourages diversification and can provide additional income sources, but may also affect food commodity prices.

Purpose: To encourage the use of renewable energies in farming operations. Impact: Contributes to lower carbon footprints and energy costs in the long-term, although initial costs may be high.

Purpose: To fund agricultural research that can lead to more efficient and sustainable farming practices. Impact: Promotes innovation in the agricultural sector, potentially increasing productivity and environmental protection.

Purpose: To encourage farmers to maintain and improve environmental quality. Impact: Promotes sustainable farming practices and can enhance biodiversity.

Purpose: To offer loans to farmers using their crops as collateral, with the possibility of loan forgiveness if market prices fall. Impact: Provides liquidity to farmers and can act as an indirect form of price support.

Purpose: To encourage young individuals to pursue careers in farming. Impact: Supports the generational renewal of the agricultural sector but can be biased towards larger, capital-intensive farms.

Purpose: To ensure a stable food supply for the nation's population by supporting domestic production. Impact: Protects against food shortages and dependency on imports, but can lead to market inefficiencies.

Purpose: To guarantee minimum prices for farm commodities. Impact: Helps to ensure farmers' profitability and can result in government acquisition of surplus goods.

Purpose: To provide payments to farmers when market prices are below certain thresholds. Impact: Aims to stabilize farmer incomes across market cycles.

Purpose: To support practices that improve the welfare of livestock. Impact: Can lead to higher quality meat and dairy products, but may increase production costs.

Purpose: To establish and maintain national grain reserves for food security. Impact: Prevents extreme price volatility and ensures food availability during crises, but involves storage costs and potential waste.

Purpose: To improve economic conditions in rural areas by investing in infrastructure and services. Impact: Enhances quality of life and economic opportunities in rural communities, potentially slowing urban migration.

Purpose: To encourage domestic producers to export their products by making them more price-competitive on the global market. Impact: Can lead to trade disputes and distortions in global markets.