Historically, the development of agriculture in Abu Dhabi has been driven in large part by government investment and support, including the provision of free water and infrastructure, and subsidies for inputs. This approach continues today, with the government playing an important role through organisations such as the Abu Dhabi Farmers Services Centre (ADFSC) and the...
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Articles & Analysis | With limited land and water resources, innovation is key to boosting agricultural output from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2015
Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2015
Dates represent Abu Dhabi’s most important commercial crop and agricultural export, with 99,136 tonnes produced in 2013, an increase from 80,461 tonnes a year earlier. Authorities are also encouraging the development of aquaculture as an alternative to fishing, with this segment seeing increased investment as new fish farms start to open in the emirate. Meanwhile the Abu Dhabi Farmers Services...
Hydrocarbons revenues still form the bulk of Abu Dhabi’s GDP and while falling prices are a concern, the emirate has been moving steadily towards its economic diversification targets in line with Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030. The past 10 years has seen the non-oil sector expand strongly on the back of business-friendly government policies, as a result of which non-oil sector growth now outpaces that of the oil sector.
Articles & Analysis | Standing strong: State programmes actively addressing challenges to sectoral growth from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Agriculture is one of the most important drivers of growth in the Ivorian economy in terms of revenues, employment and value-added activities. Contributing 22% to GDP, the sector accounts for at least 50% of exports and provides jobs to 60-70% of the population, according to the World Bank. Fertile land and favourable weather conditions enabled...
Articles & Analysis | Bearing fruit: Policy changes create new difficulties for small-scale cocoa grinders from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s second-largest cocoa grinding hub after the Netherlands, and it produced 520,000 tonnes of processed cocoa in the 2013/14 growing year, or 12% of world cocoa processing. With a current grinding capacity of 550,000-600,000 tonnes, the government and the newly created sector regulator, the Coffee-Cocoa Council (Conseil...
Articles & Analysis | Changing policies: Cocoa reforms have empowered farmers but presented new challenges from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2015
Implemented in November 2011 under the auspices of the sector’s new regulatory body, the Coffee Cocoa Council (Conseil du Café-Cacao, CCC), the cocoa reforms sought to address arguably the largest obstacle to local production: price insecurity for farmers. The enforcement of a minimum 60% cost, insurance and freight (CIF) price for farmers has...