This P-Talk introduces new frameworks that help policymakers to develop the right people with the right skills in preparing for future talent needs. As progress in technology has boosted productivity, it has also started to alter the talent requirements and structures across different sectors. Hazami Habib, CEO, Academy of Sciences Malaysia, shares her views on […]
Application of the IoT has become a foundation for businesses to enhance productivity and adopt smart manufacturing. The IoT has proven highly effective in reducing downtime, monitoring quality, improving energy efficiency, enabling predictive maintenance, and better understanding customers’ needs. The Asia-Pacific region has adopted the IoT progressively. A Microsoft survey in 2021 reported that businesses […]
This P-Talk highlights recent trends in agritech industries and problems agritech players are trying to solve by adopting innovative technologies. Hemendra Mathur, Consultant, Delhi, India, explains different agritech solutions available to farmers on market linkages, agri-fintech, data and advisory services, mechanization, controlled-environment agriculture and e-commerce for agri-inputs. He also focuses on enabling ecosystems, key learning […]
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to transform agrifood systems toward green, climate change-resilient practices. In this P-talk, Imelda Bacudo, Co-Chair, Global Alliance for Climate-Smart, UN FAO, will share how CSA could enable achieving triple goals: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; adapting and building resilience to climate change: and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas […]
Efforts to achieve socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable development are progressing. Agrifood-sector stakeholders are actively contributing by improving productivity, protecting natural resources, and minimizing the environmental impacts of farming and agribusiness operations as seen from their sustainability assessment performance that covers environmental integrity, economic resilience, social well-being, and good governance from production to processing and […]
