The ministry could potentially use these predictions to argue for additional funding support for the sector in the interests of promoting objectives of poverty alleviation. It is worth noting that the following sectors are considered key on account of simultaneously exhibiting strong forward and backward linkages: agriculture (AAGRIC, activity 1), food processing (AFOOD, activity 5), and real estate (AESTAT, activity 15), The following sectors are considered weak on account of simultaneously exhibiting weak forward and backward linkages: other manufacturing (AOTHM, activity 7), equipment (AEQUIP, activity 9) and construction (ACONST, activity 11). Economic landscapes enable us to visualize, in a simple picture, complex relations in the economy, and also those between individual sectors and the economy as a whole.