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Severe weather and disease in Brazil’s main growing regions have led to a major global shortage. Australia does grow a lot of its own oranges, but still relies heavily on imported juice.
Two trucks transport gold ore from Barrick Cowal Gold Mine in New South Wales, Australia.
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A gradual drawdown of gold mining is a critical step towards sustainability.
Bolstering Brazil’s economy will be hard if there’s a global recession.
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He faces strong headwinds at home and abroad as his third term as president gets underway.
The UK is expecting a long, cold winter and gas prices are unlikely to fall for some years to come.
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Why the UK’s reliance on natural gas means the energy crisis is unlikely to end this winter.
Government gets R90 billion a year from fuel levies.
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Subsidies to shield the general population from oil price increases do not automatically reduce poverty and inequality.
Things are not rosy for Nigerians as food prices keep rising.
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Inflation is perhaps the biggest poverty accelerator in the economy due to its weakening effect on people’s purchasing power.
Lorries blocked at the border between DRC and Zambia. Poor roads are a major stumbling block to trade.
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Producers in Zambia should be getting more for their crops, and buyers in East Africa should be paying less, alleviating food price spikes.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) met in Ankara, Turkey on June 8 2022 to discuss Ukrainian grain exports.
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Negotiations between Russia and Turkey to ensure safe passage of Ukrainian grain hint at a new era of global food diplomacy.
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Russia’s war has had an unexpected impact on global trade patterns, raising the price on goods but weakening currencies. What’s behind this unexpected blip?
A researcher at the advocacy group Oceana uses GPS data to trace the activity of fishing boats.
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One of the oldest industries, fishing, is entering the world of advanced analytics and data-driven planning. With oceans under stress and key fish stocks dwindling, can precision fishing help?
Making sense of the reds and the greens.
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Two weeks into the invasion, here’s what’s been happening so far.
The Ghanaian currency is facing its worst run of depreciation in years.
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The Ghanaian currency is facing structural hurdles.
Ghana’s economy is in dire straits.
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Ghana’s economy is in its most precarious state in decades.
Resource rich African countries do not have to fall victim to the resource curse.
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Natural resource abundance in a country should not translate into a curse.
Beans are booming.
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The black stuff is suddenly much more expensive – the question is whether smallhold farmers will see any of the proceeds.
A deforested piece of land in the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on Aug. 23, 2019.
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Because Brazil’s economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon’s good health, restoring the country’s economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.
Many countries in Africa are dependent on commodities export.
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Ghana remains heavily dependent on primary commodity exports for foreign exchange earnings.
The Amazon rainforest meets soybean fields in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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Deforestation in Brazil recently reached a 12-year high, prompting France to cut soybean imports from the country.
A grant from the Chinese government will make way for a multimillion-dollar fishing port complex in Accra, Ghana.
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Global economic policy excludes low-income countries from the spending options that developed nations use to buffer their economies in times of crisis, and the pandemic has inflamed that inequality.
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In times of trouble people still turn to gold. What makes it a safe haven? Largely perceptions, based on its historical mystique.