Rice self-sufficiency for PNG?
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CTA. 1993. Rice self-sufficiency for PNG?. Spore 45. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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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...