Sub-Saharan Africa has suitable conditions for the cultivation of the most important tropical ‘tree crops’ including Oil Palm, Natural Rubber, Coconuts, Cocoa and Bananas. Yet, with the exception of cocoa production, African production of these big tropical ‘tree crops’ is small relative to the output of the Asian producer nations: Indonesia & Malaysia in the case of palm oil, Thailand and Indonesia in respect of natural rubber, Indonesia and Philippines in respect of coconuts, and India, China and the Philippines in respect of banana production.
21 Sep 2017
The Tropical Tree Crop Sector of Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Tropical Tree Crop Sector of Sub-Saharan Africa
Dekel Agri-Vision Plc (DKL:LON), 1.2 | Capital Metals plc (CMET:LON), 4.8 | Socfinaf S.A. (0OKP:LON), 0
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21 Sep 2017 -
Author:
Yingheng Chen -
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56
Sub-Saharan Africa has suitable conditions for the cultivation of the most important tropical ‘tree crops’ including Oil Palm, Natural Rubber, Coconuts, Cocoa and Bananas. Yet, with the exception of cocoa production, African production of these big tropical ‘tree crops’ is small relative to the output of the Asian producer nations: Indonesia & Malaysia in the case of palm oil, Thailand and Indonesia in respect of natural rubber, Indonesia and Philippines in respect of coconuts, and India, China and the Philippines in respect of banana production.