By Making It on 5 September, 2012
Johanna Sorrell asks if large-scale sustainable production of palm oil is a viable option for the palm oil industry.
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By Making It on 22 June, 2011
This issue of Making It: Industry for Development looks at some aspects of the broad concept of agribusiness, often defined as the whole range of business activities that are performed from farm to fork, but also including the processing of raw materials for the production of many non-food items, such as textiles, paper and biofuel. [...]
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