What can be done to improve the efficiency of Myanmar’s supply chain of agricultural products?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | U Win Aung, Chairman, Dagon Group of Companies: Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2018
Chapter | Agriculture & Forestry from The Report: Myanmar 2018
While it has gradually reaped the rewards of diversification efforts to end overreliance on rice, Myanmar’s agriculture sector is now at a crucial juncture. Although progress has been made, structural impediments continue to weigh on farming output. However, a new development strategy is expected to enhance sector monitoring, boost production, and improve the industry’s regional and global...
Occupying a strategic position at the crossroads of India, China and Thailand, and now in its seventh year of sweeping economic liberalisation and political transition, Myanmar remains one of the fastest-growing economies in South-east Asia.
Although Bahrain has faced economic headwinds in recent years, the modest recovery of oil prices in 2017 bodes well for the future in addition to the non-oil sector driving growth, with activities unrelated to hydrocarbons extraction forecast to expand by 3.9% in 2018.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Pierre Billon, Managing Director, SIFCA Group: Interview from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2018
Articles & Analysis | Land access is obstacle to new agricultural development in Côte d'Ivoire from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2018
While having a central role in the Ivorian economy – accounting for 25% of the country’s GDP and 60% of its exports – agricultural expansion over the medium term remains limited by the ineffectual allocation of agriculture land plots. Disagreements between growers and herders regularly leads to violent localised conflicts. Furthermore, the...