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Table 5 Number of studies demonstrating impact based on policy type

From: Government policy and agricultural production: a scoping review to inform research and policy on healthy agricultural commodities

Selected Outcomes Measured

Input Support

Output Support/Restriction

Technical Support

Financial Support

(↑ = Increase, ↓ = Decrease)

Positive

Negative

No Effect

Positive

Negative

No Effect

Positive

Negative

No Effect

Positive

Negative

No Effect

↑ Production

9

5

4

6

3

1

4

2

4

9

7

12

↑ Net Profit

2

     

2

  

3

  

↑ Farmer Income

4

1

 

1

  

5

1

1

11

4

2

↑ Crop Diversification

1

2

 

2

1

    

1

  

↑ Land Allocated to farming

1

1

2

  

1

   

6

1

1

↑ Off-farm Employment

3

1

    

1

1

1

5

1

3

↑ Yield

6

 

1

   

2

  

3

 

1

↑ Land not allocated to farming

1

        

2

  

↑ On-farm Employment

1

  

1

  

1

 

1

6

6

3

↓ Poverty Severity

1

           

↓ Relative Deprivation

1

           

↑ Exports

1

  

1

      

1

1

↑ Productivity (output/hectare)

1

     

3

  

1

  

↑ Farm Size

  

1

   

3

  

1

 

2

↑ Efficiency

1

 

1

      

8

14

5

↑ Land allocated to one crop from another

2

 

1

 

1

1

1

  

3

 

2

↑ Number of Farms

      

2

  

5

 

1

↑ Proportion of Livestock

      

2

  

5

  
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