Twitter Linkedin Transforming our food system is one of the most important challenges we face in this century. The ways in which food systems depend on the health of natural ecosystems is clear – from soil health to seasonal weather cycles to pollinating species. It’s also evident that the current degradation of natural systems impacts […]
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The Circular Economy (CE) approach is one that is being adopted across the world due to many advantages associated with it. However, for the sake of this article, which considers the agricultural value chain; one of the major motivations behind adopting a CE approach is resource efficiency. For example, the Union Government is exploring how
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Recent scourge of COVID-19 has strengthened the need for increasing global cooperation and crowding in private efforts for shaping a resilient, low carbon, resource efficient and prosperous pathway for our shared future. Recent scourge of COVID-19 has strengthened the need for increasing global cooperation and crowding in private efforts for shaping a resilient, low carbon,
As in many other countries, the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating humanitarian and development concerns that affect the lives of millions of families, farmers, and agri-businesses in India. From limited essential healthcare services to harvest losses, labour shortages, reduced farm prices, and a lack of safety nets, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of economic
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Twenty years ago, eight leading chocolate companies signed the Harkin- Engel protocol as a pledge to eliminate forced child on cocoa farms in West Africa. Entering into this voluntary agreement to prevent legislation requiring a certification of child-labour free chocolate, the companies began working together on an issue that had been brought into the public
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