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Mauritius Other Crops
Mauritius produces enough potatoes and fresh vegetables
to
meet domestic demand. The government subsidizes the
production of
some crops. The area under cultivation for food crops was
5,494
hectares in 1991; total production was 64,090 tons.
Between 1987
and 1989, food crops suffered from poor weather, including
cyclones, disease, and lack of land for tenant farmers.
Tobacco
covered 623 hectares in 1991, and production amounted to
876
tons. British American Tobacco processed the entire crop
for
domestic consumption. Cut flowers have proved to be a very
successful crop, beginning in the late 1980s, and efforts
are
also being made to produce tropical fruits for export.
Data as of August 1994
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