Brunei Darussalam eyes ‘agri-tech’ route to self-sufficiency

Brunei Darussalam eyes ‘agri-tech’ route to self-sufficiency Innovative agricultural initiatives launched in Brunei Darussalam, such as developing new rice hybrids and growing plants in water, underline how agro-technology can edge the Sultanate closer to its goal of food self-sufficiency. Figures released by the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood (DAA) in November showed that the agrifood sector made up nearly ... Read more > OBG has recently refreshed our website, making our content easier to find and read.  You are now able to read 5 of our premium articles for free each day; we invite you to visit the new site and take advantage of this access.  Use our keyword search to find relevant articles and log in to change your email preferences.  If you do not know your login details, use the ‘Forgotten Password’ function to reset these (your username is the email address which received this email). Latest Economic News Updates Latest Report The Report: Gabon 2014 With just 1.63m people, Gabon is the second-smallest member of the six-country Central African Economic and Monetary Community in terms of population, after Equatorial Guinea. However, the country’s well-developed hydrocarbons sector has made Gabon the second-largest economy in the sub-region. Find out more >