Pervading nearly every level of the country’s social, geographic and economic strata, Indonesia’s agrarian roots run deep. The sector provides a livelihood for the majority of households ranging from small family subsistence plots to multinational agribusiness giants, all of whom contribute to supplying sustenance to the world’s fourth-largest population as well as growing cash crops to be...
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Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Indonesia 2015
Indonesia is transforming from a resources- and consumption-based economy to a more manufacturing- and investment-oriented one, working to build an industrial base that will allow it to reduce its dependence on imports and keep more value within the economy. Following his inauguration in October 2014, President Joko Widodo quickly took a number of vital and positive steps that so far are increasing opportunities for foreign direct investment.
Economic update | De nouvelles initiatives laissent entrevoir une hausse des rendements agricoles en Côte d’Ivoire
16 Jun 2015
A la faveur de nouveaux investissements, la Côte d’Ivoire, premier producteur mondial de cacao, devrait voir sa capacité de production augmenter considérablement, à l’heure où l’Etat déploie une vaste politique visant à améliorer la productivité.
Rising demand at home and weaker growth in the export market have prompted the Sri Lankan government to increase its focus on the agriculture sector, with improved food security a longer-term goal.
Articles & Analysis | Turkey's government seeking to consolidate growth and boost exports in the agricultural sector from The Report: Turkey 2015
Substantial winter and spring rainfalls, coupled with heavy snow in many regions, broke the drought that blighted Turkey’s agriculture sector in 2013-14, with farmers looking forward to improved yields and higher earnings, rebounding from a lean year that saw one of the region’s leading agricultural producers having to import grain and other foodstuffs.
Articles & Analysis | Turkey makes progress on food safety to meet EU regulations and expand agricultural exports from The Report: Turkey 2015
Few treats are as simple and pleasing to the palette as a fresh tomato from a Turkish summer market. But in 2010, worries about pesticide contamination brought strict curbs on exports to the EU, hitting local tomato farmers, among the world’s top five producers of the Mediterranean staple. However, the EU has now abolished the more stringent inspection requirements on...