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Issue 6 – Agribusiness: from farm to fork

Issue 6 – Agribusiness: from farm to fork

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. […]

Posted in The Magazine | Tagged ADM, Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, Archer Daniels Midland, biodiversity, biofuel, business, carbon emissions, Cargill, coca, Colombia, consumer, development, distribution, efficiency, Egypt, energy, farmers, food, globalization, growth, Guillermo Garcia, Helmy Abouleish, hunger, India, Industrial Development Organization, Industry for development, Johanna Sorrell, Kanayo Nwanze, magazine, Making It, organic, palm oil, paper, Patrick Kormawa, Paul Bulcke, population, poverty, sustainability, sustainable, textile, UN, UNIDO, United Nations, value changes, Vandana Shiva, water scarcity

Garment assembly? No sweat!

Garment assembly? No sweat!

31 March 2011

A garment assembly factory in the Dominican Republic is acting as a model for what can happen when wages are “living” and union organizing is allowed

Posted in All Posts, Extra! | Tagged ADOZONA, agriculture, Alta Gracia, Canadá, Caribbean, China, collapse, customs, dependence, domestic cargo, domestic factors, Dominican Free Zone Assocation, Dominican Republic, economic growth, electricity costs, employment, European Union, Far East, foreign companies, Free Trade Zones, FTZs, garment assembly, government, jobs, José Torres, Joseph Bozich, Knights, La Asociación Dominicana de Zonas Francas, labour rights, laws, low wages, Making It, management, manufacturing, maritime transport, medical leave, MFA, Multi-Fibre Arrangement, production, success, sustainability, tax concessions, textile, tourism, United Students Against Sweatshops, university, US, Workers Rights Consortium, WRC

Coming undone: The Dominican Republic’s garment assembly sector

Coming undone: The Dominican Republic’s garment assembly sector

30 March 2011

How garment assembly production drove impressive economic growth rate, but today is experiencing dramatic decline

Posted in Extra! | Tagged 1980s, ADOZONA, agriculture, bleak, Canadá, Caribbean, Charles Arthur, China, collapse, customs, dependence, domestic cargo, domestic factors, Dominican Free Zone Assocation, Dominican Republic, economic growth, Economist Intelligence Unit, eiu, electricity costs, employment, European Union, Far East, foreign companies, Free Trade Zones, FTZs, garment assembly, Gildan Activewear, Gildan Dortex, government, jobs, José Torres, journalist, La Asociación Dominicana de Zonas Francas, labour rights, laws, low wages, Making It, manufacturing, maritime transport, medical leave, MFA, mining, Multi-Fibre Arrangement, production, success, sugar, sustainability, tax concessions, textile, tourism, US, Workers Rights Consortium, WRC

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