With valuable hardwood forests blanketing the country, timber has been an export mainstay for PNG long before the multibillion-dollar mining and oil and gas projects began pouring in. Recently the logging industry consistently averaged exports of 84,950 cu metres of logs per annum, according to Bob Tate, executive officer of the PNG Forest...
With a strong agrarian culture and a population still highly involved in the farming sector, agriculture in Papua New Guinea is one of the country’s largest economic contributors. While mining revenues have dominated exports since the 1970s, farming and forestry sustained the country in previous decades and are still the country’s largest employers...
As one the Pacific Ocean’s largest fishery zones, encompassing some 2.4m sq km of exclusive water territory, PNG is home to more than 10,000 identified species of fish, molluscs and crustaceans. The country currently operates six primary fisheries, the most productive being the tuna catchments, along with prawn, lobster, sedentary, inshore and...
The contribution of agriculture to the Jordanian economy is larger and more important than it may seem at first glance. While the sector made up 4.4% of GDP in 2011, it accounted for 15.3% of national exports. Due to the growth of agribusinesses regionally, many believe Jordanian produce could be exported in greater quantities to neighbouring...
Recognising that severe water scarcity requires concerted action, policymakers are aiming not only to boost supply through mega-projects but also to enhance delivery through the improvement of water and wastewater networks. To achieve these goals, current and anticipated investments from the private sector are key to achieving these goals.
With olive oil consumption on the rise in Jordan and globally, the government has a powerful incentive to enhance the production and export of the country’s high-quality oil. If quality assurance standards are introduced and marketing strategies are improved, the world’s eighth-largest producer looks set to have a promising future in the medium-term...
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