Libya - the impact of the crisis on agriculture

Libya - the impact of the crisis on agriculture

Key findings from the 2018 Multi-sector Needs Assessment

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Despite agriculture’s relatively small contribution to Libya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – less than 3 percent in 2012 – the proportion of Libyans engaged in some form of agricultural production is comparatively large (22 percent). In spite of this, participation in agriculture may have been considerably higher before the crisis, however, with approximately 7.5 percent of the population abandoning agricultural activities since 2014

Language English

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