Fixing Asia's Food System (The Economist)
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10.09.18
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Cargill and The Economist outlined the necessary transformations to Asia’s food system in order to produce more while ensuring the highest safety standards. Director General Shenggen Fan was quoted in the report calling for institutions, governments, and enterprises to apply economic and health lenses to to the food system problems to accelerate progress.
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