At the same time, it is important to address sources of price instability, if for example weak market institutions impede domestic markets to absorb price shocks, it would be appropriate to focus on improvements of these institutions. A longer-term response to food price instability would be for policies to raise real incomes and combat poverty, including the enhancement of the existing food aid programmes and the safety nets for vulnerable social groups. The low state-fixed rental payments weaken the incentive to buy-out or to cede leased land to potential buyers, even when the leased land is not utilised and prone to degradation. Land transfer is further impeded by complicated administrative procedures, and some potential buyers may lack the confidence that land ownership rights are secure.