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Interviews & Viewpoints | Gert Vandersmissen, Group COO, SIAT: Interview from The Report: Gabon 2015
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.
Economic update | De nouvelles initiatives laissent entrevoir une hausse des rendements agricoles en Côte d’Ivoire
16 Jun 2015
A la faveur de nouveaux investissements, la Côte d’Ivoire, premier producteur mondial de cacao, devrait voir sa capacité de production augmenter considérablement, à l’heure où l’Etat déploie une vaste politique visant à améliorer la productivité.
Economic update | Kenya aims to work the land harder
21 May 2015
A number of initiatives to improve irrigation and fertiliser supplies are under way in Kenya to boost productivity as the country looks to expand its primary agricultural output to ensure food security and support value-added industries.
Articles & Analysis | Agricultural yields in Nigeria rise as global cocoa prices slip from The Report: Nigeria 2015
As the world’s fourth-largest producer of cocoa – a crop that may have greater importance on a global scale in the coming years due to a projected shortage – Nigeria has seen growing domestic yields in 2014, albeit at a smaller rate than expected. Cocoa farmers in the country face a number of challenges, including volatile weather, disease and pests, and export...