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Agriculture for Growth : Learning from experience in the Pacific : Samoa Morinda Citrifolia ( NONU ) Case Study.

Year of publication 2009

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Samoa¿s small domestic market means overseas markets are a key to growth in agriculture trade. A market boom in the early 2000¿s for nonu (Morinda citrifolia) led to Samoa emerging as the major player in the Pacific islands, with nonu becoming a top expor

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