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10 August 2011
Defining governance challenges in the era of globalization, and outlining some policy implications resulting from the revelation that most of the world’s poor live in middle-income countries
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged accountability, adaptation, agribusiness, aid instruments, Andy Sumner, Angola, Cameroon, China, climate change, community, demography, development assistance, development policy, economic growth, éducation, financial responsibility, Global, global warming, globalization, governance, government, healthcare, humanitarian situations, income, India, Indonesia, Industrial Development, inequality, insecurity, Institute of Development Studies, International, issue 6, issue 7, knowledge, LICs, low-income countries, magazine, Making It, MDG, MICs, middle-income countries, migration, Millennium Declaration, Millennium Development Goals, new bottom billion, Nigeria, official development assistance, Pakistan, policy, policymakers, poor, population, poverty, poverty reduction, R2P, relative poverty, resources, responsibility to protect, rich, security, strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan, tax, trade, transitioning, understanding, UNICEF, UNIDO, United Nations, urbanization, wealth, World Bank, World Development Indicators
8 August 2011
Biofuels address three key global challenges: maintenance of energy security, economic development, and mitigation of climate change
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged 2020, agribusiness, Alena Buyx, biodiversity, biofuels, challenge, climate change, development, efficiency, environment, ethical issues, ethics, European, European Union, food security, globalization, greenhouse gas emissions, human rights, indigenous, Industrial Development Organization, intellectural property rights, issue 6, justice, labour rights, law, Making It, Malaysia, moral values, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, palm oil plantation, policy, policymakers, prices, production, regional, Renewable Energy Directive, report, rights, solidarity, standards, stewardship, sustainability, target, target-based strategy, technology, trade, transport, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, workers
28 July 2011
Nestlé’s Paul Bulcke recognizes success depends on creating value for everyone – from farmers to consumers – and discusses how to achieve it
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged advice, agribusiness, agriculture, ambition, Brazil, business, child labour, civil society, community involvement, consumers, creating shared value, CSV, deforestation footprint, doing business, economic growth, economic reality, employment, environment, food security, future, global export, globalization, Harvard, HIV, hope, Industrial Development Organization, infrastructure, interconnectivity, interdependence, investment, issue 6, local government, Making It magazine, Michael Porter, micronutrients, milk, mutual value, Nestlé, nutrition, Paul Bulcke, poverty, product strategy, roads, rural development, social benefits, societal advancement, South Africa, supply chain, sustainability, sustainable business practices, UN, UN Global Compact, UNIDO, United Nations, unwelcome, vaccines, values, water, water management, Water Mandate, Water Resources Group, water treatment systems, working together, World Economic Forum
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
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
8 July 2011
A small but fast-growing company based in Bihar, the poorest state in India, has perfected a system to turn rice husks into electricity, providing remote villages with clean, reliable energy
Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged Acumen, agribusiness, alternative energy, Bihar, business matters, clean energy, commericial, electricity, energy access, gas, gasification, green energy, green industry, greenhouse gas, grid, Husk Power Systems, India, Industrial Development Organization, innovation, issue 6, kerosene, light source, Making It, MDG, methane, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, reliable power, remove villages, rice husks, rural, technology, UN, UNIDO, United Nations
6 July 2011
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, pushes for more innovative designs for the global food system
Posted in All Posts, Policy Brief | Tagged Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, agro-ecology, architect, build, climate change, co2, commodities, crisis, deforestation, design, developing countries, distaster, domestic supply, donor contributions, Egypt, export, farmers, feed, fight, food crises, food security, foreign producers, France, future, g20, global food system, government, greenhouse gas emissions, health care, human rights, humanitarian supplies, hunger, import, Industrial Development, infrastructure, innovation, insecurity, International, investment, living wage, Making It magazine, market, Mozambique, Olivier De Schutter, organizations, peak prices, politics, population growth, poverty, prices, producers, protection, reinsurance mechanism, remedy, reserves, Robert Zoellick, root causes, safety, safety nets, shock, social-protection programmes, solution, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, srfood.org, stable revenue, Sub-Saharan Africa, sustainability, symptoms, technology, trade, trend, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, value chains, World Bank
4 July 2011
Guillermo García explains how agribusiness can help Colombia’s peasant farmers ditch coca cultivation and pursue legal and more secure opportunities
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged access, agribusiness, agriculture, alternative development, alternatives, Amazon, beans, black pepper, cacao, Canadá, Carrefour, Casino, coca cultivation, cocaine, coconuts, coffee, Columbia, competition, dairy products, demand, development, distribution, drugs, environment, Europe, export, Fair Trade, France, gourmet sauces, government, guerrillas, Guillermo Garcia, heart of palm, honey, illegal, income, infrastructure, Inter-American Development Bank, International, investment, issue 6, Japan, legality, local, Making It magazine, marketing, middlemen, opportunities, packaging, paramilitary, peasant farmers, private sector, Putumayo, quality, security, socio-economic intervention, Spain, subsistence, traffickers, UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, UNODC