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Articles & Analysis | Global land deals: Countries are buying arable land abroad to ensure food security from The Report: Ghana 2012

When food prices soared in 2008 and late 2010 as a result of poor harvests, growing energy costs, low stocks and climate-related problems, it sparked popular unrest across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and prompted governments to look for long-term solutions to food security. The resulting policies ranged from raising subsidies to...

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Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Ghana 2012

As the country’s largest employer, the agriculture sector accounts for 28.3% of GDP and produces cereals, grains, fruits, vegetables, shea nuts, starchy staple crops and cotton, among other plants. Cultivated in six of the country’s 10 regions, cocoa is Ghana’s top agricultural export, rising to a value of $1.42bn in 2009. Indeed, having produced a record 1m tonnes in 2011, Ghana is the world’s...
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Economic update | Tunisie : Vers l'ouverture du secteur agricole

12 Jul 2012
Malgré une croissance économique en demi-teinte et une incertitude politique persistantes, conséquences des troubles politiques de l'an dernier, qui ont conduit à la destitution de l'ex-président Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, la production agricole tunisienne et les investissements dans le secteur ont légèrement progressé ; une libéralisation plus poussée des échanges commerciaux reste néanmoins nécessaire pour renforcer l'efficacité de la production.
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Economic update | Egypt: Improving food security

21 Jun 2012
As the world’s largest wheat importer, Egypt is increasing its domestic grain production, in a bid to reduce its dependency on volatile international markets and to meet rising demand from its 85m people, but with rising production unlikely to satisfy domestic consumption, import volumes are expected to rise in the coming three years.
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Economic update | Algérie : Mise en œuvre de réformes dans le secteur agricole

20 Jun 2012
En raison de récoltes médiocres et de la fluctuation des prix, le gouvernement algérien, préoccupé par la sécurité alimentaire, intensifie la mise en œuvre de ses plans pour moderniser le secteur agricole.
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Alex Thiel, CEO, Sappi Southern Africa from The Report: South Africa 2012

Alex Thiel, CEO, Sappi Southern Africa

How can beneficiation be further encouraged?

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