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- Poor farming techniques
- Limited access to quality farm inputs
- Too much relying on rain
- Inadequate disease control facilities.
- Lack of awareness by farmers on better farming methods
- Low incomes of farmers to purchase the necessary farm inputs
- Limited funding by government and private sector to agricultural sector
- Low production and productivity resulting in low revenue
- Low value addition to agricultural produce
- Inadequate storage and high post harvest losses
- Land limitation in some areas
- Inadequate physical infrastructure to support the sector
- Poor transport limiting access to markets
- Lack of arable land and organic manure
- Lack of appropriate techniques in production, processing, storage, marketing and consumption
- Climatic disasters such as floods, droughts and land slides
- Lack of priority given to the agricultural sector
- Population pressures have led to overuse of land and declining fertility.
- Extension services are weak.
- Uncertain land tenure arrangements