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Papua New Guinean agriculture: significant opportunity and much peril | 1.03 MB |
Papua New Guinea is a predominantly rural society that relies on subsistence agriculture. Its Prime Minister, James Marape, has stated that he wants to diversify the economy, away from its dependence on oil and gas and increase the export of agricultural goods. While agriculture is a significant part of the PNG economy, its agricultural exports are almost entirely limited to coffee, palm oil and copra. Although it is possible that PNG will be able to expand the supply of those commodities, the development of other food products, such as rice or other cereals, will likely be difficult.
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