While overshadowed by energy and mining investments, Papua New Guinea’s agricultural sector is a key earner of foreign currency and a primary employer for many of its citizens. The country’s fertile land makes the sector and its downstream processing and value-added spin-offs the most viable option for absorbing its growing workforce, while continuing to provide potential for the economy in...
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Chapter | Agriculture & Fisheries from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2015
Articles & Analysis | New agriculture measures in Gabon put the sector in stronger position from The Report: Gabon 2015
One of Gabon’s greatest paradoxes is agriculture. Blessed with 5m ha of fertile arable land and a tropical climate with annual rainfall of 1800-4000 mm, it has all the ingredients to feed its growing population. And yet it is dependent on imports for some 90% of its food requirements, costing the country in excess of CFA300bn (€450m) per annum....
Articles & Analysis | Gabon plants seeds of self-sufficiency from The Report: Gabon 2015
The Gabonese Initiative for Achieving Agricultural Outcomes with Engaged Citizenry (Gabonaise des Réalisations Agricoles et des Initiatives des Nationaux Engagés, GRAINE) is part of the government’s ambition to boost agriculture’s contribution to GDP from 5% to 20% by 2025, and, in the process, reduce the country’s dependence on food imports....
Articles & Analysis | Gabon logs its way to economic growth from The Report: Gabon 2015
Policy measures taken by successive governments to introduce sustainable forestry management and to develop the downstream timber industry are widely expected to offer long-term environmental and economic benefits. However, in the short term they have delivered a blow to the forestry industry, which is still feeling the effects, particularly the...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Gagan Gupta, Country Head, Olam: Interview from The Report: Gabon 2015
How can public-private partnerships (PPPs) for agricultural development be strengthened?
