“ SORRY SWFOLAU...Name one industry that goes on forever without a downturn? Even Remittances are subjected to economic healthy growth and downturns. But Remittances' decreases are still higher than agriculture and fishing exports in the Tongan economy, and will rebound faster. Please visit Tonga Government 2019/2020 Budget Statement online, and every year before this fiscal year.
No matter what you write you cannot force, convince, persuade people to develop agriculture export in a free market economy. Tonga's agriculture and fishing (agro-expo) are not economically profitable since the squash boom-and-bust in the 1990s. Families have relied on Remittances for over 40 years.
Remittances and foreign aids have carried the Tongan economy for over 20 years. ”