{
  "id": 10243613,
  "title": "Inside the business of gony bags, Madagascar's ubiquitous plastic sacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/inside-the-business-of-gony-bags-madagascars-ubiquitous-plastic-sacks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T15:29:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260927-inside-the-business-of-gony-bags-madagascar-s-ubiquitous-plastic-sacks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}