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Nutrition and eradicating hunger are central to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 development agenda. SDG 2 specifically focuses on this with the aim to eradicate hunger and ensure that people have better access to nutritious and sufficient food. Better nutrition has been linked with  improving maternal health, building stronger and resilient immune systems, supporting […]

Nutrition and eradicating hunger are central to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 development agenda. SDG 2 specifically focuses on this with the aim to eradicate hunger and ensure that people have better access to nutritious and sufficient food. Better nutrition has been linked with  improving maternal health, building stronger and resilient immune systems, supporting

Tania Kahlon Marketing and Communications Officer, CRB Oil palm is an extremely efficient crop, producing more oil per land area than any other equivalent vegetable oil crop. It is also resistant to oxidation, thereby allowing products that contain it to have a longer shelf life. This makes it a vital ingredient for a host of

Tania Kahlon Marketing and Communications Officer, CRB The list of daily consumables for many of us includes items like biscuits, chips, chocolates, soap, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. All of these items use one common ingredient—palm oil or its derivatives or its fractions. Palm oil is well established as an essential and ubiquitous ingredient in many FMCG

Manufacturing as a service (MaaS) is an old wine in a new bottle. It is an industrial paradigm where manufacturing activities areoutsourced by clients (usually equipment or product brands, or manufacturers looking for parts) to “service providers” according to available slots and machinery, all connected on a digital interface. This not only saves time and

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

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 are 17 thematic areas that outline a roadmap for sustainable development until 2030. The SDGs recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must look at balancing social, economic and environmental sustainability. The impact of these goals largely depends on the

For long, the idea that climate change has any direct or indirect impact on human rights seemed unbelievable. There was very little that was said about the relationship of business and human rights with the environment, much less with respect to climate change. While international agencies and national governments have acknowledged that climate change and

Feminization of the workforce accompanied by increasing informalisation is an emerging phenomenon across Indian industries- from garment to electronics to agriculture. Faced with stiff global competition, ensuring minimal rights and protection of these women workers (such as job security, maternity leave, on-site childcare provisions, etc) therefore remains highly ‘unlikely’. The pandemic has amplified these challenges,

The big push towards clean mobility, particularly e-mobility, is finally here. Over the past five years, several state governments as well the Central Government have been actively promoting higher adoption of electric vehicles as well as cleaner fuels such as CNG. While CNG-run buses and taxis have been in service for quite a few years,