By Making It on 11 July, 2011
Biodynamic agriculture is not only the way to address major challenges such as climate change and food security, but is also the only way to achieve long-term competitiveness
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, biodynamic, capacity, chemical fertilizers, climate change, competitiveness, compost, cost, crop failure, desertification, developing countries, eco-intensification, ecosystems, Egypt, employment, energy, enhance, environment, farming systems, food prices, food security, foodstuffs, fresh water sources, Global, globalization, health, healthcare systems, Helmy Abouleish, holistic, Industrial Development, innovation, intensive, International, issue 6, jobs, labour, livestock, living, machinery, Making It, national, Olliver de Schutter, organic, pesticides, pollution, production, rural, SEKEM, social, soil erosion, supermarkets, surplus, sustainability, sustainable, technology, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, urban, world, yields
By Making It on 8 July, 2011
Kenneth Marsh points out how better packaging can help add value and preserve food and pharmaceuticals in developing countries
Posted in Policy Brief | Tagged agribusiness, agricultural production, business, company, consultant, cultural factors, developed countries, developing countries, distribution, Economic Development, FAO, farm, food, Global, globalization, grain, hunger, innovation, issue 6, Kenneth Marsh, law, legal, legality, loss, machinery, Making It, market, material, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals, multinational companies, packaging, pharmaceutical, plastic, poor storage, private sector, production rate, public sector, shipping, Sri Lanka, sustainability, sustainable production, technology, transport, transportation, UN, UN Food and Agricultural Organization, UNIDO, United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United States, US, value, value-added packaged food
By Making It on 25 February, 2011
How sub-Saharan African countries can seize the new opportunities to advance their own development through trade with China
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 1990s, Africa, agriculture, Cape Verde, chemicals, China, Chinese Ministry of Commerce, climate, commodity price shock, comparative advantage, competition, development, economic recovery, éducation, emerging economies, engine of development, environment, EU, Europe, European Union, export, FDI, financial crisis, food, foreign direct investment, GDP, Ghana, Global Competitiveness Index, global economy, government, growth rate, high-income countries, human, import, Industrial Development Organization, investment, issue 5, Jiying Plastic Products, Kenya, labour-intensive, lower-middle income countries, machinery, Making It, Mali, man-made products, manufactured goods, market, metals, natural, north-south trade, ore, petroleum, policy, raw material, resources, Rwanda, south-south trade, statistics, sub-Saharan, technology, trade, trade growth, transport equipment, UNIDO, United Nations, United States, vuvuzela, world, World Bank, world cup 2010, World Economic Forum, Xiao Ye, Zhejiang province
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