date:Jul 14, 2014
Africa.
Economic growth has been stuck below 5 percent for two years - the longest slowdown in more than a quarter of a century. The economy is expected to grow slightly above 5 percent in this fiscal year to March 2015.
In 2009 benchmark New York futures swept to a 30-year high after the worst drought in nearly four decades forced India, the world's top sugar consumer, to buy large quantities of the sweetener from top producer Brazil.
The farm sector accounts for around 14 percent of India's