Impulsados por una creciente demanda global, los productos agrícolas de nicho están mostrando una marcada capacidad de crecimiento en el Perú. Esto es especialmente importante en tiempos en los que las principales exportaciones del país, la minería y los hidrocarburos, se han visto perjudicadas por los bajos precios internacionales.
Riding a wave of robust market prices, Sarawak's pepper industry has continued to post financial gains as global demand for the spice continues to grow. The state dominates Malaysia's pepper sector, accounting for roughly 95% of the country's output. As a result, pepper has become a major cash crop supplementing the timber and palm oil...
Each year, more and more of the trees on Sarawak’s tropical forests and peat land are felled and cleared as companies look to feed rising global demand for both timber and the products of plantations erected in their place. Such lucrative operations have been practised for decades across Borneo, on both the Malaysian and the Indonesian sides....
Sarawak is endowed with a relatively large land mass of 12.4m ha. Land is thus treated as one of the most important resources that can be developed to generate economic growth for the state and the people. Consequently, Sarawak is setting aside about 4m ha of land for the plantation and agriculture sector. These lands are located in the rural...
As Sarawak’s largest employer, providing a livelihood for about one-fourth of the population, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector stands as one of the state’s key engines, even with the gains in economic diversification made in recent years. Sarawak also plays a central role in Malaysia’s agricultural sector as a whole, producing...
A tropical climate, abundant fresh water and vast tracts of land for farming have endowed Sarawak’s agriculture sector with ample resources to achieve sustainability in several staple food categories, including grains, fruits, vegetables and edible oils. While self-sufficiency in rice is still a work in progress, the state’s farmers are now...
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