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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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1993
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49151 |
| Summary: | 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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