Farmers eye bigger GDP share
Contribution to rise from 10% to 16%
- Published: 9 Nov 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
Farm companies have vowed to raise its contribution to 16% of gross domestic product after the 11th National Economic and Social Development Plan ends in 2016.
Its current contribution is only 10% of GDP.
This marks the first time the sector has shown a strong intention to support the national plan and meet a target, as the companies proposed several steps to assist the country's economy for the remaining four years of the plan.
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