Policy measures taken by successive governments to introduce sustainable forestry management and to develop the downstream timber industry are widely expected to offer long-term environmental and economic benefits. However, in the short term they have delivered a blow to the forestry industry, which is still feeling the effects, particularly the...
Gabon Agriculture
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Articles & Analysis | Gabon logs its way to economic growth from The Report: Gabon 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | Gert Vandersmissen, Group COO, SIAT: Interview from The Report: Gabon 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | Gagan Gupta, Country Head, Olam: Interview from The Report: Gabon 2015
How can public-private partnerships (PPPs) for agricultural development be strengthened?
Chapter | Agriculture & Forestry from The Report: Gabon 2015
The government is aiming to boost agriculture’s contribution to GDP to 20% by 2025 through partnership with international institutions and private enterprises. It also intends to reduce food imports, which reached €523.8m in 2014. Efforts are under way to ensure that sector management is sustainable.
This chapter includes interviews with Gagan Gupta, Country Head, Olam; and Gert...
An upper-middle-income country situated on the Gulf of Guinea, Gabon is one of Africa’s leading oil producers. With a population of around 1.7m and a stable political system, it plays a leading role in the region through its membership in the CEMAC economic bloc.
Le Gabon a lancé en décembre un nouveau programme agricole ambitieux visant à accroître la production des cultures de base, une démarche qui s’inscrit dans un projet politique plus vaste de ce pays très urbanisé d’Afrique Centrale, qui redouble d’efforts pour atteindre l’autosuffisance alimentaire et réduire ses coûts d’importation.