An historic staple of West and Central African agriculture, palm oil production on the continent began to decline in the 1960s as African governments prioritised oil and mineral extraction over agriculture. At the same time, the establishment of large-scale oil palm farms in Asia pushed down the price of imported palm oil products, prompting a further decline in Africa’s...
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Articles & Analysis | Investment drives increasing production of palm oil from The Report: Gabon 2014
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Jean-Luc Wilain, Chief Operating Officer – Business Development, IBL Group from The Report: Gabon 2014
How can Gabon increase production in the fisheries sector and realise its full potential?
Articles & Analysis | Expanding domestic production to aid economic diversification efforts and reduce food imports from The Report: Gabon 2014
With a tropical climate and arable land to spare, Gabon has significant potential to expand agriculture, yet the sector remains largely underdeveloped. At present production is dominated by cassava and plantain, the output of which reached 300,000 tonnes and 285,000 tonnes, respectively, in 2012. The World Bank estimates that value-added agriculture contributed 4% of GDP...
Chapter | Agriculture & Forestry from The Report: Gabon 2014
With a tropical climate and arable land to spare, Gabon has significant potential to expand agriculture, yet the sector remains somewhat overlooked. One-fifth of the country’s total arable land has not been developed for agriculture, and the country remains largely dependent on food imports to meet its consumption requirements.
The sector has shown recent growth, roughly 5% year-on-...
With just 1.63m people, Gabon is the second-smallest member of the six-country Central African Economic and Monetary Community in terms of population, after Equatorial Guinea. However, the country’s well-developed hydrocarbons sector has made Gabon the second-largest economy in the sub-region.
Economic update | Développement de l'irrigation pour soutenir la production agricole algérienne
18 Sep 2014
Les pressions extérieures subies en 2014 ont pesé plus lourdement qu'à l'accoutumée sur le secteur agricole algérien, ce qui représente un défi de taille pour le pays, compte tenu de sa facture des importations. Néanmoins, les mesures prises pour renforcer les performances à long terme du secteur, telles que le déploiement des techniques d'irrigation, commencent à porter leurs fruits.