Necessary Inputs and equipment

Input supply can be usefully subdivided into three types of services:

1) Fertilizers and chemicals

2) Seeds and planting materials

3) Machinery and equipment.

Inputs, equipment, and crops are mainly private goods because most are excludable and rivalrous. Indeed, production and distribution of agricultural inputs and equipment, as well as crop marketing, are typical private sector businesses in most OECD countries. In principle, and with some exceptions discussed later, it should be possible to decentralize these services in developing countries through market liberalization, encouragement of private and voluntary sector organizations to enter service provision and improved efficiency and/or divestment As we stated before, consumable inputs are the types of inputs that will be consumed naturally by the crops. The most commonly used consumable inputs are

1) High-quality seeds

2) Soil

3) Insecticides

4) Pesticides

5) Insect Traps

6) Straw

7) Hay

8) Water

Capital Inputs

Capital inputs are agri-inputs that are often mechanical and more technologically advanced. These agricultural inputs cannot be consumed by the crops themselves. Capital inputs are necessarily thought of as tools for larger farms, but that’s not completely true. There are plenty of agri-inputs that can aid both larger farms and smallholder farmers alike such as reflective mulches and trellising materials.

1) Nylon netting

2) Stakes

3) Tractors

4) Plows

5) Irrigation systems

Capital inputs such as tractors and plows are not commonly used by smallholder farmers since they are such a large investment. We recommend smallholder farmers utilize capital inputs like nylon netting and reflective mulches to aid their yield. And more advance techniques