Assessment of agricultural information needs in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States for CTA’s Products and Services: Phase 1: Pacific: Country Report: Marshall Islands

This study was undertaken to assist the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and its various national and regional partners in providing the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) better access to sources of information for agricultural development. Prodigious agricultural efforts in the Marshalls have neither met aspirations nor been cost effective. It is therefore notable to have been chosen as a state of interest to ACP/CTA. The report presents a general overview of the Marshall Islands with emphasis on the current status of agriculture, fisheries, and communications. Environmental and socio-economic conditions that restrict agricultural potential are described and a limited range of opportunities for agricultural information initiatives that CTA services may be able to provide is suggested. Potential institutional beneficiaries are identified and their requests for information noted.The report presents a general overview of the Marshall Islands with emphasis on the current status of agriculture, fisheries, and communications. Environmental and socio-economic conditions that restrict agricultural potential are described..