Speech by the Prime Minister, Rt. Honourable Sir Mekere Morauta, Kt., MP. at the opening of Policy and Strategy 2000 and the 17th National Agriculture Council Conference, Lae, 07 August 2000.

Abstract

The late Fred Fisk, a notable economist, once described Papua New Guinea's traditional life as 'affluent'. The basis of that affluence was subsistence agriculture.