48. Production, processing and trade activities connected with the agro-food system account for approximately 40 per cent of GDP and create nearly 60 per cent of the nation's jobs, not counting added value and the employment created in certain tertiary activities connected with the system. In addition, exports of agro-food products and their principal by-products account for more than 80 per cent of foreign exchange. 49. For this reason, the economic programmes contain a series of measures which are examined below. 2. Standard of living 50. With regard to the standard of living, recovering traditional levels of productivity on the basis of economic incentives and mobilization of the people, casting aside the coercive mechanisms of the past, is a strategic task and must be promoted in view of the costs of the war and the deterioration in the external situation. This in turn calls for higher real wages and a trade policy that is suited to the peasantry. 51. The shortage in the full-time and seasonal rural work-force, which the country has been facing since the 1982-1983 period, will require a set of policies to attenuate the effects of the hostilities and improve the agricultural worker's standard of living, to encourage him to remain and establish himself at the production centre, and to create the proper conditions for attracting workers to those centres and maintaining the work-force there. 52. Price controls tied in with adjustments in wages and the exchange rate are a very significant point in the economic programmes, along with reviews of production costs and the monitoring of official retail prices. 53. The commitment is to give priority to the countryside over the city, with the aim of stimulating agricultural production, strengthening the social base in the countryside and reducing internal migration. It is, however, crucial 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the importance of the agro-food system in the country's economy, its impact on employment and foreign exchange, and the measures being taken to promote agricultural production, improve the standard of living of agricultural workers, and reduce internal migration. The text also touches on the need for price controls, wage adjustments, and trade policies to support the agricultural sector. Given the focus on the agricultural sector, employment, and economic development, it is likely that the text falls under the category of Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Economic development, and Employment.

**Category**
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Economic development, Employment