Agriculture in Papua New Guinea

Agriculture in Papua New Guinea has more than a 7,000 years old history, and developed out of pre-agricultural plant/food collecting and cultivation traditions of local hunter-gatherers.[1] Currently around 85% of Papua New Guinea's population lives from semi-subsistence agriculture.[2] 86% of all food energy consumed in Papua New Guinea is locally sourced.[3]

Papua New Guinea produces and exports agricultural, timber, and fish products. Agriculture in 2017 accounted for 22.1% of the GDP[4] and supported more than 80% of the population. Cash crops ranked by value are coffee, oil, cocoa, copra, tea, rubber, and sugar. The timber industry was not active in 1998, due to low world prices, but rebounded in 1999. About 40% of the country is covered with timber rich trees, and a domestic woodworking industry has been slow to develop. 99% of fishing exports are either tuna or tuna byproduct. Papua New Guinea has the largest yam market in Asia.[5]

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  2. ^ AusAID: About Papua New Guinea Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 5 May 2011
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bourke 2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "East Asia/Southeast Asia: Papua New Guinea". The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  5. ^ admin (2018-10-31). "Papua New Guinea Economic Report". Prime Advisory Network. Retrieved 2020-08-15.