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Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis?

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Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis? The result of this cocktail is an unfortunate reduction in global agri-food production, export, and rapidly increasing agri-food commodity prices. Are our agri-food supply chains in crisis? Do we need to relook at how we organise our agri-food supply chains?

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People and Halal Supply Chains

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trillion industry by 2024 , consisting of not only food, but also cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, media & creation, and Muslim friendly travel. Muslim (majority) countries in Asia (such as Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and several countries in the Middle East are moving to stage 3: the halal supply chain.

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SYNOPSlS: Your Supply Chain Roadmap IDC’s Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

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Sampath Kumar Venkataswamy , Senior Research Manager, IDC Manufacturing Insights. Stephanie Krishnan is the Research Director for Manufacturing Insights with IDC Asia/Pacific, responsible for Industry 4.0 Stephanie has been most recently been conducting economic and supply chain market research as part of consulting in the Middle East.

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How to Learn About Supply Chain Research From Around the World in a Few Hours

MIT Supply Chain

Research Expo displays 70 to 80 supply chain research projects from multiple countries. On January 22, 2014, some 120 master’s students representing about 30 countries will gather at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA to present 70 to 80 supply chain thesis research projects. World view. Here are some examples.

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Risk Management in Halal Supply Chains

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Marco Tieman , Chief Executive Officer at LBB International Background According to the 2022 State of The Global Islamic Economy Report, the global Islamic economy is an estimated USD 2 trillion industry consisting of the following key industries: halal food, modest fashion, media & recreation, travel, pharma, and cosmetics.

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The Green Corridor – Why You Should Care About Biodiversity

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One simple fact I use to illustrate just how interconnected we are with other members of our ecosystems is that one-third of the food we eat depends on animal pollinators, among which insects are essential in pollinating flowering plants. A German study found that flying insect populations have crashed by three-quarters since 1989.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. Witron is especially strong in the development of large-scale, highly automation warehouses for customers in the food and beverage value chain, including manufacturers, distributors, and grocers. billion in 2019.