Madagascar: Inside the Business of Gony Bags, Madagascar's Ubiquitous Plastic Sacks
[RFI] Go anywhere in Madagascar and you'll find gony - large woven polypropylene sacks used to transport and store everything from vanilla to cement. For the past 50 years, these hard-wearing bags have been manufactured and sold by a family-run business outside the capital. Now the company finds itself seeking new ways to resist cheaper imports from Asia.
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