Rice self-sufficiency for PNG?

Papua New Guinea currently imports 160,000 tonnes of rice per year at an annual cost of US$40 million. The country produces only 570 tonnes of rice, or less than 1% of national requirements annually. Rice is becoming the staple food of the majority...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1993
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49151
Descripción
Sumario:Papua New Guinea currently imports 160,000 tonnes of rice per year at an annual cost of US$40 million. The country produces only 570 tonnes of rice, or less than 1% of national requirements annually. Rice is becoming the staple food of the majority...