Prices and planting in the world of soft commodities: TXF speaks to Kona Haque

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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

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Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Ralph Ivey

Commodities Editor

The TXF Global Commodity Finance and Sustainable Natural Resources event is set to kick off in Amsterdam on 23 May. In a special pre-event podcast, TXF reporter Ralph Ivey speaks to Kona Haque, Head of Research at ED&F Man, about volatile trading conditions and the changing face of production in the soft commodities markets.

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