For several reasons, agricultural is essential for industrial development.
First, agriculture provides supply of raw materials for industry to produce goods in demand.
Second, agriculture provides a bg market for industry ( fertilisers, agricultural machinery, implements, etc.)
Third ,higher agricultural incomes provides lot of demand for consumer goods and consumer durables as also software and internet for industrial suppliers to cater to.
Fourth, agriculture, if efficient, can provide low wage goods for the industrial workers and help keen inflation under control and thereby helps keep industrial costs down.
Many industrial countries apply subsidies to its agricultural activities for many reasons, but not for that.
Taiwan, Korea and others had increased the industrial development with out massive support to its agricultural sector; just import the food that they need.
Venezuela has had a little increase in the industrial development, thanks to oil activity; and the agricultural sector get low because here to produce agricultural goods are more expensive to import it.
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For several reasons, agricultural is essential for industrial development.
First, agriculture provides supply of raw materials for industry to produce goods in demand.
Second, agriculture provides a bg market for industry ( fertilisers, agricultural machinery, implements, etc.)
Third ,higher agricultural incomes provides lot of demand for consumer goods and consumer durables as also software and internet for industrial suppliers to cater to.
Fourth, agriculture, if efficient, can provide low wage goods for the industrial workers and help keen inflation under control and thereby helps keep industrial costs down.
It has not been demonstrated.
Many industrial countries apply subsidies to its agricultural activities for many reasons, but not for that.
Taiwan, Korea and others had increased the industrial development with out massive support to its agricultural sector; just import the food that they need.
Venezuela has had a little increase in the industrial development, thanks to oil activity; and the agricultural sector get low because here to produce agricultural goods are more expensive to import it.
It isn't....unless you like to EAT! What an idiotic Q.