The demand and supply shocks unleashed by the pandemic were expected to lead to a dramatic collapse in trade, but international commerce has proven more resilient than during previous global crises.

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has opened a new chapter in international relations, with important implications for the global economic order.

Our current global food system is broken.

As G20 ministers and central bank governors gather in Bali this week, they face a global economic outlook that has darkened significantly.

With inflation rising to levels unseen in decades, households across the world are asking themselves how much more they can expect to pay for gasoline, groceries, and other necessities.

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Fitch Solutions has warned that economic and social challenges will continue to weigh on SA consumer confidence in 2023  and says it continues to hold a “negative view” for the consumer outlook in SA over the following year.

Efficient Group founder and chief economist Dawie Roodt said South Africans should expect the tough economic conditions to continue this year.

South Africa’s agriculture remains an important sector of the economy and holds great potential to reduce poverty. It’s also central to the political economy of the country, as evident in the governing African National Congress’s (ANC) recent policy documents.

In his Sona speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about the cost-of-living ­crisis and made a reference to policies in the pipeline to address it.

Agriculture is a significant contributor to climate change, responsible for approximately 20% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and about 45% of total high-temperature absorbing methane emissions. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) states that for the past two decades, the contribution of agriculture to the world’s GDP has been stable at 4% while farm-gate GHG went up by 13%.

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National Treasury is reportedly proposing a host of extreme measures to get national departments and other spheres of government to cut spending as the country’s coffers have run dry.

"Super Solar Fund’ for South African Commerce and Industry and Agriculture

Agtech is defined as the utilisation of digital technologies to overcome market barriers and enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability.

If only South Africa had a pot of gold (or cash under the sofa) that everyone had forgotten about and that was just waiting to be discovered … About half a trillion rand would do it.

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Nearly every aspect of daily urban life depends on the burning of fossil fuels — not just keeping the lights on and getting around in cars, buses, trains and aeroplanes, but also growing the food we eat, pumping our water and sewage, mining the minerals we depend on for our electronics, manufacturing the plastics we use for almost everything and making the cement and bricks we use to construct our built environment. Decarbonising all this means replacing the systems all these activities depend on.      

South African interest rates, which have been stuck at a 14-year high since May, should be in a downward cycle by the second half of next year, giving beleaguered consumers some much-needed relief, according to economists.