Important agricultural lands; policies

State and county agricultural policies, tax policies, land use plans, ordinances, and rules shall promote the long-term viability of agricultural use of important agricultural lands and shall be consistent with and implement the following policies: (1) Promote the retention of important agricultural lands in blocks of contiguous, intact, and functional land units large enough to allow flexibility in agricultural production and management; (2) Discourage the fragmentation of important agricultural lands and the conversion of these lands to nonagricultural uses; (3) Direct nonagricultural uses and activities from important agricultural lands to other areas and ensure that uses on important agricultural lands are actually agricultural uses; (4) Limit physical improvements on important agricultural lands to maintain affordability of these lands for agricultural purposes; (5) Provide a basic level of infrastructure and services on important agricultural lands limited to the minimum necessary to support agricultural uses and activities; (6) Facilitate the long-term dedication of important agricultural lands for future agricultural use through the use of incentives; (7) Facilitate the access of farmers to important agricultural lands for long-term viable agricultural use; and (8) Promote the maintenance of essential agricultural infrastructure systems, including irrigation systems.