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Agriculture for Growth : Learning from Experience in the Pacific. ( summary results of five country studies in Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.)

Year of publication 2010

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This study outlines the lessons learned from agricultural case studies in 2009 in Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The research aims to better inform policymaking, and understand the institutional support, needed for market-led smallholder

Language English

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