Favourable weather conditions and improved yields have helped drive a return to growth in Myanmar’s agricultural sector, a trend likely to be supported by government efforts to embrace modern farming methods to ensure long-term sustainable development.
Articles & Analysis | Tunisia's organic farming attracting government and foreign interest after experiencing rapid growth from The Report: Tunisia 2018
Organic agriculture is relatively new in Tunisia, initiated in the 1980s through the private sector and only slowly developing up until the late 1990s. However, given the potential of this segment for Tunisia’s economy as a whole, it has benefitted from increasing attention from industry authorities since the early 2000s, which has led to much...
Articles & Analysis | New measures expected to incentivise investment and grow Tunisia's agricultural sector from The Report: Tunisia 2018
Agriculture in Tunisia mostly consists of olive oil, cereals, dates, fruits and vegetables. In recent years efforts to modernise the sector have steered it towards the development of an agri-business industry and away from traditional, small family farms.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Chokri Bayoudh, CEO, Office Nationale de l’Huile d’Olive: Interview from The Report: Tunisia 2018
How can Tunisia secure its global position as the second-largest exporter of olive oil?
Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Tunisia 2018
Agriculture plays an important role in the Tunisian economy which consists mostly of olive oil, cereals, dates, fruits and vegetables. Together with fishery, it accounted for 9.1% of GDP in 2016, generating €3.1bn. The sector has had to deal with several challenges, including land fragmentation, which contributes to poor access to credit; a considerable technology gap; climatic fluctuation and...
Tunisia is working to gradually improve its economic indicators by means of tough yet necessary structural reforms. Although significant strides have been made since 2011, the country continues to face acute macroeconomic imbalances, while coincident reforms have suffered from changing administrations in the years following the revolution, negatively affecting economic growth.