What tangible impacts has the introduction of the e-wallet scheme had on agriculture?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Akinwumi Adesina: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Nigeria 2015
With the world’s seventh-largest population, which continues to grow rapidly its current 170m, agriculture is key part of Nigeria’s economy. After decades of declining production, trends have been moving in the opposite direction in the past several years as overall food supply rises. Guided by the Agricultural Transformation Agenda, which was launched in 2011 as part of a push to overhaul...
Fresh from a rebasing exercise in April 2014 that boosted 2013 GDP by 89% to $509.97bn, Nigeria now ranks not only as Africa’s most populous country, but also as its largest economy. It has long played an outsized regional role, making up 76% of West Africa’s GDP and around 60% of its population.
The Philippine economy is gradually on the rise, largely driven by its business process outsourcing, industry and construction sectors. The average pace of growth in the Philippines in the first half of the decade was 6.3%, compared to 6% in Indonesia, 5.8% in Malaysia and Vietnam, and 3.6% in Thailand.
Impulsados por una creciente demanda global, los productos agrícolas de nicho están mostrando una marcada capacidad de crecimiento en el Perú. Esto es especialmente importante en tiempos en los que las principales exportaciones del país, la minería y los hidrocarburos, se han visto perjudicadas por los bajos precios internacionales.
Articles & Analysis | Pepper production has performed strongly in Sarawak from The Report: Sarawak 2015
Riding a wave of robust market prices, Sarawak's pepper industry has continued to post financial gains as global demand for the spice continues to grow. The state dominates Malaysia's pepper sector, accounting for roughly 95% of the country's output. As a result, pepper has become a major cash crop supplementing the timber and palm oil...