This P-Talk discusses how three university students initially set up a startup as a fishery data site and have grown the company into a leading integrated fisheries e-commerce platform in Indonesia. Fishers can sell their catch at a fair price using Aruna, which acts as a digital fish auction platform and marketplace for seafood products. […]
Innovations in agrifood must be accelerated for resilience against various challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic and for enhanced productivity to meet increasing food demand. Dr. Paul Teng, Managing Director and Dean of NIE International Pte. Ltd. and Adjunct Senior Fellow of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, gives an overview […]
The development of productivity specialists is one of the flagship programs of the APO to enhance the capability of National Productivity Organizations (NPOs) by inculcating knowledge and building skills among their professional staff. Productivity specialists are expected to undertake productivity improvement programs at the firm and organizational level and provide inputs to developing national productivity […]
Agrifood supply chains involve multiple stakeholders, materials, and steps. Stakeholders include farmers, processors, distributors, retailers, and consumers from different geographic locations. The materials vary from raw materials such as a vegetable from a single source to processed ones such as precooked meals with multiple sources. The steps include farm production, harvesting, sorting, storing, processing, distributing, […]
A study showed that 1.4 billion tons of perishable food is wasted worldwide due to inefficiencies within food supply chains. Cold chains are a solution to retain the quality and safety of perishable food from farm to fork, but further innovation is needed for longer shelf-life and better quality to meet growing demand, with broader […]
