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Reduces the cost of inputs for farmers such as seeds, fertilizers, and equipment. This can lower production costs, potentially leading to lower consumer prices, but may encourage overuse of inputs like fertilizers, impacting the environment.

Helps farmers purchase insurance for their crops or livestock. This can mitigate the financial risks from bad weather or market fluctuations, but may lead to moral hazard where farmers take on riskier practices because they feel protected.

Provided to encourage farmers to export their products by closing the gap between domestic prices and the world market prices. This can make domestic products more competitive internationally but may lead to trade disputes and affect international market prices.

Government guarantees a minimum price for certain agricultural products, typically through purchasing the surplus or offering loans that can be paid with the crop if its market price falls below a certain level. This helps prevent market prices from falling too low, but can result in government stockpiles of the supported crop.

Funds provided to support agricultural research and the development of new technologies. This can lead to more efficient and sustainable farming practices but requires careful management to ensure that the benefits are widely distributed and small farmers are not left behind.