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Changing Global Supply Chains: Prospects, Impacts and Response Strategies in Agriculture Sector: The ASEAN Way

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine war disrupted ASEAN food supply chains. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, for example, has affected the availability of migrant laborers operating in the agricultural sector, coupled with rapid urbanization resulting in a...
Country: Global Topic: New paradigm of agricultureAgricultural risk management
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Analyzing Differences in Flood Resilience between Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan Using Social Capital Theory

Melchior Antoine, Chi-Ming Hsieh
ABSTRACT Resilience in the context of increased flood risks in the face of climate change has risen in importance. Our study sought to cross-compare flooding resilience in Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan within the context of social capital theory to identify the challenges and success factors for...
Country: Global Topic: Agricultural risk management
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Overview of Domestic and International Agri-food E-commerce: Challenges and Opportunities for Asian and Pacific Countries

Tai, Fan-Chan
ABSTRACT This paper illustrates the evolution trajectory of agri-food distribution channels, from the traditional system, --then the modernization of chain-store supermarkets and up to the recent surge of e-commerce. The merits and inadequacies of services are discussed on the current status of...
Country: Global Topic: Agricultural e-commerce
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Healthy Soils for Resilient Agriculture towards Enhancement of Food Security in Asia

Ganisan Krishnen
ABSTRACT The traditional farming system managed to preserve the soil health and remained resilient for crop production. Introduction of modern agriculture practice, the Green Revolution in  1970s had increased the farm productivity and managed to reduce famine in Asia. Unfortunately,...
Country: Global Topic: Food security and safety
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