Financing is available to farmers. What’s in contention is whether what’s available helps farmers enter the industry, expand and grow.
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Repugnance for certain activities tends to dictate government rules for markets but this can obscure real problems like poverty.
Do competitive, market-like interactions encourage immoral behaviour? A study of 18,000 people in 45 experiments shows there’s no simple answer.
Fire risk communication strategies must not only be supported by formal institutions such as government agencies but also be rooted in and sensitive to each market’s socio-cultural dynamics.
Research shows French firms with smaller to no gender wage gap and high female board representation also make better business.
Prices are up to five times higher than the raw costs of production for many of the goods and services we all need.
Climate change is affecting the availability of food to the families of farmers in Ghana.
Proctoring software is a symptom of a bigger problem: universities see themselves as businesses and students as customers.
Britain’s households are facing a cold winter but its power market could learn something from neighbouring systems to avert a crisis
Producers in Zambia should be getting more for their crops, and buyers in East Africa should be paying less, alleviating food price spikes.
Harnessing the combined effect of trade and urbanisation could significantly boost the economies of African countries.
Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for crypto or is this just another crash in a volatile market?
Informal employment is significant in sub-Saharan Africa. The plight of informal workers needs to be highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Africans should not panic about the food system. But authorities will need to act swiftly and assertively to restore stability.
When big investors like Blackrock get worried about their returns, they have the power and incentive to make fossil fuel companies take action.
Poor and inconsistent pricing data makes it hard to assess agricultural markets.
Although COVID-19 measures have had a negative impact on food supply in Nigeria, there are other factors responsible for the dramatic rise in food prices.
After trying to remove street vendors from its cities for years, China is supporting them to help jump-start its economy. An urban scholar explains why other cities should do the same.
Collaboration is better than competition when it comes to making markets do what we want in an economic crisis.
Markets bring broad benefits to local communities – much more so than big supermarket chains.
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Management, University of California, Davis
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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retired, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Finance, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Senior Research Fellow in Nonprofit Organizations, UMass Amherst
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Sydney
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Senior Economist and Associate Director of Social Science and Policy, University of Michigan Energy Institute, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Marketing, Research School of Management, Australian National University
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick