Current government policy on agriculture was correct, but that there was lack of effective government support for agriculture and implementation of agricultural policy. The incoherence of policy implementation between the Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the issues of agro-processing and trade tariffs remained a stumbling block. The policy approach was also too narrow, being mainly production oriented, and insufficiently focused on ensuring the competitiveness of the individual value chains.