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Nassau: 1966 State-owned S A Clonaid: Health care Biotechnology Nassau: 1997 Cloning P A Compass Point Studios: Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Nassau: 1977 Record label, defunct 2010 P D Flamingo Air: Consumer services Airlines Nassau: 2004 Charter airline P A Golden Wings Charters: Consumer services Airlines Nassau: 2000 ...
Only about 0.8% of the Bahamas' land area is arable, about 140 square km (54 square miles). [5] Most arable land is on New Providence, Abaco, Andros, and Grand Bahama islands; challenges for Bahamian agriculture include limited fresh water resources for irrigation, the difficulties of inter-island transport of goods in the archipelago, a lack of human capital, the country's small size (which ...
IFDA traces its history to 1906 when the National Wholesale Grocers' Association (NWGA) was founded to promote food safety and represent the industry to government. In 1969, IFDA was created as a division of NAWGA to represent the specific needs of foodservice distribution. Eventually, IFDA began independent operation on January 1, 2003.
The Bahamian economy is almost entirely dependent on tourism and financial services to generate foreign exchange earnings. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Bahamas is approximately $5.7 billion with tourism accounting for 50%, financial services nearly 20% and the balance spread among retail and wholesale trade, fishing, light manufacturing and agriculture. [9]
South Andros is known for the production of certain seasonal delicacies, fresh conch, land crab, and spiny lobster, in relative abundance, which are sold commercially in Nassau or to the representatives of Nassau food distributors, providing an important source of cash to many inhabitants. The only other current industry of note is tourism.
By 2012, Hain was the world's largest natural food company with $1.4 billion in revenue. [8] By 2013, it owned approximately 50 brands and offered 5,000 products internationally. [13] The same year, it was one of 25 companies named in a class action lawsuit alleging false labeling of its personal care products under California law.
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Lynden Pindling International Airport (IATA: NAS, ICAO: MYNN), formerly known as Nassau International Airport, is the largest airport in the Bahamas and the largest international gateway into the country. It is a hub for Bahamasair, Western Air, and Pineapple Air. The airport is located in western New Providence island near the capital city of ...