South Africa’s agricultural sector’s potential can only be realized if new government focusses on implementation of existing policies rather than coming up with new ones
Wine remains among South Africa’s major agricultural exports.
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To rebuild lost credibility, the South African government can start by listening to social partners and the business sector and implementing less financially costly policies
A worker cuts roses to be shipped to the U.S. and Europe at a flower farm in Madrid, Colombia, in August 2020.
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After a withered 2020 due to COVID-19, the flower industry is hoping to blossom. The industry, which remains far from sustainable, remains a multi-billion dollar operation.
Kangaroo skins are exported for use in football boots, motorcycle suits, fashion footwear and haute couture.
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Pressure is mounting on fashion producers to stop using skins from Australian native animals. But Indigenous people are reviving traditions and there are ethical ways for trade to continue.
If the United States withdraws from or significantly alters NAFTA, Mexico has more options than it thinks — and potentially less to lose than its northern neighbour.
Inspecting seeds in Uganda. US development organisations need to understand that today there is considerably greater local expertise.
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Urbanisation will require massive amounts of water to sustain the livelihoods of millions expected to move into cities. This may happen at farmers’ expense.
Coffee is one of Africa’s major exports.
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Australia’s cattle industry is keen to begin live exports to the United States. But America is very different to existing live export markets such as Indonesia, making the move much more ethically fraught.
Australia can expect expansion in sectors such as tourism, the health and financial services sectors, banking and securities.
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Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…
Time for Brazil to pull in the harvest?
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The Russian ban on the imports of some agricultural products from the US, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway has sparked much debate over the likely impact on American and European farmers…
Australia’s dairy sector will lose out due to Russian sanctions, but there are bigger issues in play.
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Russia’s targeting of $A400 million of Australian food exports and the government’s muddled response are just the latest setback for a sector struggling under failed policy approaches. Agriculture is Australia’s…
Right idea, wrong execution: the Ord River irrigation scheme needed better surrounding infrastructure.
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It’s perhaps fitting that mining magnate Andrew Forrest is in the vanguard of a move to position Australia as a major food supplier to China. Fitting, because if the plan is to work, Australian agriculture…
Beef sales in Japan involve tightly controlled captive supply chains.
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The Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) signed last week is a bilateral trade deal in the old-fashioned mould. In the twenty-first century, global economic negotiations tend to be preoccupied…
Often called “Australia’s most valuable farm”, Cubbie Station in southwest Queensland is now majority foreign-owned.
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When most Australians think about farmers, one image still springs to mind: a family in Akubras and Blundstones, battling the elements with a Blue Heeler by their side. That’s still the image invoked by…