Imported fertilisers fuelling inflation
Food crisis in Africa
The wide gaps between fertiliser prices in the region and international fertiliser prices point to major issues within the supply chain with excess margins of some 30%-80% being earned on sales to many African countries. Simon Roberts and Ntombifuthi Tshabalala unpack the issue. Roberts is a professor of economics and lead researcher at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development at the University of Johannesburg, while Tshabalala is an economist at the institution.
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