Over the past few years Myanmar has experienced a number of dramatic transitions that have restructured its economy, rapidly changing its unique landscape and gradually enriching the social welfare of its people. These changes have placed modern-day Myanmar back on the international investment radar and have seen the nation coined “the Last Frontier”.
Le Gabon a lancé en décembre un nouveau programme agricole ambitieux visant à accroître la production des cultures de base, une démarche qui s’inscrit dans un projet politique plus vaste de ce pays très urbanisé d’Afrique Centrale, qui redouble d’efforts pour atteindre l’autosuffisance alimentaire et réduire ses coûts d’importation.
Once mainstays of the Omani economy, agriculture and fishing still play a vital role in the broader national development trajectory. In a country that imports vast quantities of its food supplies, a thriving agriculture and fisheries sector helps ensure food security and economic diversification. Furthermore, the sector is still a major source of employment in Oman’s...
How are agriculture and fisheries development funds being prioritised to create an enabling and sustainable environment for these sectors?
Achieving self-sufficiency in agriculture and fisheries sector is driving expansion in Oman as the government finances a number of initiatives and invests in key infrastructure that will strengthen the sector moving forward. Adding value through processing is a key goal with the Oman Sugar refinery company’s 2013 announcement of a $200m sugar processing plant in Sohar a key point in this...
Although the sultanate’s petroleum wealth has traditionally provided a backbone for growth, efforts are well under way to diversify away from hydrocarbons. Oman Vision 2020 has laid out plans to boost industrialisation within the sultanate and to encourage the private sector to take a more active role in the economy and in the provision of jobs, both of which are billed as key drivers for growth.
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