Agriculture plays an important role in the Tunisian economy which consists mostly of olive oil, cereals, dates, fruits and vegetables. Together with fishery, it accounted for 9.1% of GDP in 2016, generating €3.1bn. The sector has had to deal with several challenges, including land fragmentation, which contributes to poor access to credit; a considerable technology gap; climatic fluctuation and...
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Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Tunisia 2018
Tunisia is working to gradually improve its economic indicators by means of tough yet necessary structural reforms. Although significant strides have been made since 2011, the country continues to face acute macroeconomic imbalances, while coincident reforms have suffered from changing administrations in the years following the revolution, negatively affecting economic growth.
Smallholder rice farmers in the Iringa and Morogoro regions of Tanzania are set to benefit from new agricultural programmes to strengthen post-harvest management skills and expand commercial value chains.
Articles & Analysis | Land access is obstacle to new agricultural development in Côte d'Ivoire from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2018
While having a central role in the Ivorian economy – accounting for 25% of the country’s GDP and 60% of its exports – agricultural expansion over the medium term remains limited by the ineffectual allocation of agriculture land plots. Disagreements between growers and herders regularly leads to violent localised conflicts. Furthermore, the...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Pierre Billon, Managing Director, SIFCA Group: Interview from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2018
Articles & Analysis | Increased diversification makes agriculture sector in Côte d'Ivoire more resilient from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2018
In recent years the government has implemented new measures to advance the sector, including increased public investment and a long-term national development plan aimed at growing export capabilities – efforts that are beginning to bear fruit. Raising the level of local processing for domestically grown goods will be fundamental in adding...