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The agriculture industry mainly consists of growing fruit like banana, lychee, pineapple, and mango. [8] Agriculture is the responsibility of the Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security in the Government of Mauritius. [9] The current minister is Maneesh Gobin. [10] Mauritius has relied on agro-chemicals in their agriculture for many years. [11]
The economy of Mauritius is a mixed developing economy based on agriculture, exports, financial services, and tourism. [14] Since the 1980s, the government of Mauritius has sought to diversify the country's economy beyond its dependence on just agriculture, particularly sugar production.
Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).
Source: Mauritius Blue Book, L'Almanach de Maurice de Sornay, Pierre (1952). Isle de France, Ile Maurice pp367. Mauritius is situated in what has been called 'Cyclone Alley' and these sometimes played a determining part in the annual production of sugar. Of note and on record were: The April 1892 Mauritius cyclone (1200 deaths - 50,000 homeless).
Eels can grow quite big, if they cannot find a way to go back to the sea. [15] This perhaps explains why some very big eels have been caught in Mauritius, notably at La Ferme reservoir. In Rodrigues an eel more than 2 metres long was caught in a spring, in the heart of a forest, at Cascade-Pigeon. [16] It is believed that the eel was 100 years old.
Location of Mauritius. Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coast of the African continent. Since independence in 1968, Mauritius has developed from a low-income, agriculture-based economy to a middle-income diversified economy.
Bust in the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden in Mauritius. Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 – 6 January 1786) was an 18th-century horticulturist and botanist. He was born in Lyon, France. He was a missionary to East Asia, intendant of French colonial islands in the Indian Ocean, and wearer of the cordon of St. Michel. [1]
Young Mapou tree in cultivation in Mauritius The (unripe) grapes of Cyphostemma mappia. There are many natural varieties in Cyphostemma mappia, even among those of the same age. It is relatively slow-growing, but is increasingly used as a decorative ornamental for hotels and public landscaping in Mauritius.