https://www.scmp.com/rss/512645/feed Wandile Sihlobo is chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and the author of “Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity, and Agriculture”. He is also a visiting research fellow at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Periods of uncertainty tend to lead to nations taking drastic, self-interested policy measures. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries have placed temporary bans on exports of grains, ostensibly to protect domestic consumers. In July 2021, China went as far as banning exports of fertiliser in an attempt to ensure adequate domestic supply. Such inward-looking policy actions often have a notable disruption on the highly interconnected global agricultural market. In the case of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3179061/agricultural-export-bans-amid-global-food-insecurities-leave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3179061/agricultural-export-bans-amid-global-food-insecurities-leave?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 May 2022 19:30:14 +0000