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Report: Preservation Tech is the Key to Driving Higher Margins and Avoiding $1 Trillion in Losses Across the Agrifood Value Chain
A new report by Lux Research, “Preserving the Food Chain,” outlines key protection and preservation technologies to help companies achieve significant reductions in both pre-consumer food loss and post-consumer food waste.
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- Agriculture
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Press Release: Developing Countries Could Lose Out as Automation Competes With Low-Cost Labour
The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the rise of industrial automation and enable manufacturers in developed countries to compete with low-cost labour in the developing world; multinational corporations are already considering repatriating some manufacturing production as a result of the unprecedented disruption the pandemic has caused to global value chains; developing countries must respond by developing local industrial capabilities with new technologies and skills that will allow them to become more integrated into world trade.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Four Key Challenges Facing India’s Local Energy Enterprises During COVID-19 – And 16 Ways Funders Can Help
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on last-mile energy companies. SELCO Foundation recently conducted surveys and conversations with 33 local Indian energy enterprises about the challenges they're facing. Sarah Alexander explores what these businesses shared about how governments, investors, philanthropies and other stakeholders can support them.
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- Coronavirus, Energy, Finance
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Coronavirus May Cost Africa $4.8 Billion in Crop Exports
The coronavirus pandemic could cost Africa as much as $4.8 billion in lost agricultural exports and affect the livelihoods of 10 million farmers, McKinsey & Co. said.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Finance, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: After COVID-19, a Rural Revolution Can Drive Sustainable Recovery
After coronavirus, nothing less than a revolution in rural sustainable development can prevent another crisis.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Technology
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Viewpoint: Pandemic Is an Opportunity for Developing Nations
Now, dependence on China looks more and more dangerous.
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- Coronavirus
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Fragile Futures for Hidden Workers When Consumers Stop Buying
Now, since the COVID-19 lockdown, the home-based workers in this Meerut community are completely without income. Customers aren’t buying beaded jewelry and garments. Orders have stopped, while finished products sit in warehouses across India, Europe, and the United States.
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- Coronavirus
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- South Asia
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Cargill Advances Child Protection Efforts in Direct Cocoa Supply Chains Globally
Cargill’s approach involves training women and youth to conduct surveys on child labour and coordinate data collection systems in 56 communities where these farmers live.
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- Agriculture
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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