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...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1993
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49151
Description
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...