Crucial to the economy, Ghana’s agricultural sector is the country’s largest employer and a significant contributor to its production value. Together with economic growth opportunities, a push for a stronger food security policy has created a drive to modernise farming business in recent years. The aim is to boost yields without sacrificing jobs....
When food prices soared in 2008 and late 2010 as a result of poor harvests, growing energy costs, low stocks and climate-related problems, it sparked popular unrest across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and prompted governments to look for long-term solutions to food security. The resulting policies ranged from raising subsidies to...
Producing far more food than the country’s population consumes domestically, Thailand’s agro-manufacturing industry is a major export sector and is home to a number of large operations run by some of the world’s largest food processors. Of the $28.88bn in agro-manufactured products exported in 2011, sugar accounted for the greatest value at $16.85bn...
Lending credence to the promotional campaign that markets Thailand as the “Kitchen of the World”, the agricultural sector does indeed supply global kitchens with a great many products. Thailand is the world‘s largest producer of shrimp, processed chicken and canned tuna, and it has developed a reputation for turning out high-quality food products...
The government’s Renewable and Alternative Energy Development Plan 2012-21 is relying heavily on the agricultural sector to provide inputs for non-traditional fuels. To meet the aim of having 25% of energy consumption from renewable sources by 2021, the state has put in place targets of 9m litres per day of ethanol and 5.97m of biodiesel, plus 25m...
While the local palm oil industry’s increasing maturity over the past decade has been impressive, its linear pattern lags behind the exponential growth seen in other palm oil-producing countries such as Malaysia or Indonesia. This slower but steady pattern is due to the hobbling influence of the complicated land usage and ownership system in PNG....
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