What specific measures are needed to increase processing rates for agricultural commodities?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Sangafowa Coulibaly, Minister of Agriculture from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
Articles & Analysis | Growth prospects: The north is set to get a much-needed push from growth in cotton and cashew nut from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
Once the predominant cash crop of the north and key generator of export earnings, the cotton sector saw production fall from 400,000 tonnes per year in 2001 to 100,000 tonnes in 2008. Mismanaged liberalisation policies, a fall in global cotton prices and civil war led to farmers abandoning cotton for other cash and staple food crops like cashew nut...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Bertrand Vignes, CEO, SIFCA from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
Hefty government investment in agricultural infrastructure next year is set to bolster a national drive under way in the Philippines aimed at increasing productivity and improving food security.
Articles & Analysis | The fruits of labour: Efforts are under way to ensure smallholders have a bigger share of the market from The Report: South Africa 2013
The position of South Africa’s smaller farmers remains one of the key issues still facing the country. While the agricultural sector has largely maintained its output and economic value in the last five years, there has been little improvement in integrating smallholders into the wider agricultural value chain. According to the...
