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Coffee and tea farmers across the region face challenges, with knock-on impacts for the wider economies. The national development plans of most East African governments emphasise…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224875
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Coffee production in East Africa increased by 9.9% between 2014-15 and 2015-16, substantially exceeding average global production growth of 0.7%. Higher investment and greater…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214437
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In October, it signed a landmark green economy deal with Australia. The Financial Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274529
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Countries in Central America and the Andean region are looking to expand their production of high quality cacao and cocoa.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206214
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The theme it has chosen for the group for 2023 is ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: One Earth, One Family, One Future’ (the Sanskrit phrase means ‘the world is one family’). The one-world…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274914
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The finding is symptomatic of an array of controversies surrounding the wider palm oil industry in the region, which is set for robust growth.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212084
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An El Nino system usually leads to lower rainfall and higher daytime temperatures, often causing severe droughts which last for months and can reduce agricultural output…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281286
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The region is particularly vulnerable to climate change in terms of rising sea levels, water and food security, desertification, extreme weather events and socio-economic impacts…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281055
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This falls just short of a 'famine' warning -- which would require 20% of households to face catastrophe levels, as well as heightened malnutrition and mortality rates. The UN has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB223822
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The strong performance is impressive given pandemic-related disruptions, which have contributed to labour shortages, damage from a continuing plague of mice and Beijing’s limits…