I have one paragraph left, sir.
This program was shut down in 2013. I have no expectation that PFRA and these programs will be restored, but I expect they will. The next time the agricultural sector suffers from a prolonged drought or the impacts of heavy rain, you can expect that a program like this will be recreated.
In conclusion, I laud this committee for undertaking this study and I recommend that you carefully consider two serious constraints that producers have in adapting to and mitigating climate change. The first is the demise of institutional capacity whereby the government was able to support producers' efforts to maintain the integrity of agro-ecosystems. The second constraint is the expectation in our country, but not elsewhere, that agricultural producers will bear the cost of protecting the ecological goods and services that make our lives possible. They should not be financially disadvantaged for providing this service that benefits all of us.