According to PWC, PNG's agriculture sector accounts for approximately one-quarter of the country's total GDP and is its main economic driver. PNG farmers enjoy high seasonal rainfall, fertile soils, and a favourable climate, and the sector provides a livelihood for 85% of the rural population. However, many PNG farmers still rely on subsistence farming techniques and traditional methods, which the country's government aims to reform in its quest for a diverse, self-sufficient agriculture sector. For example, the PNG National Rice Policy 2015-2030 encourages landowners to commercialise their subsistence farms as large-scale rice farms.
For the past five decades, PNG's leading rice supplier has been Trukai Industries, whose iconic rice brands - Trukai and Roots are established staples throughout PNG households. Trukai employs 1,000 people, 8 national distribution centres, in addition to its flagship 220,000-tonne capacity rice mill and packing plant. Trukai is 33% PNG-owned, and 25,000 Papua New Guineans have a stake in it through the Melanesian Trustee Services (MTSL) superannuation fund.
Trukai was launched in alliance with Australian farmers and PNG companies and is currently a part of the Australian-owned company SunRice, one of the world's largest rice companies, through a joint venture.
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