Tag Archives: Supply Chain

Does Asia Pulp & Paper’s Promise Signal a New Business Environment?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

On Monday, the Landscapes Blog highlighted one market innovation, payment for ecosystem services, that when employed at a landscape scale can yield significant benefits to people, food, and nature, particularly in the case of small-scale farmers. But what about the … Continue reading →

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A World of Waste

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Rachel Friedman

Food loss and waste has been a hot topic the past couple of weeks. A new report by the UK-based Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not, estimates that 30-50% of all food produced is wasted in harvesting, storage, … Continue reading →

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The Biodiversity Risk & Opportunity Assessment (BROA) tool

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

With less than a week to go until the Convention on Biological Diversity begins, biodiversity is definitely the topic on hand, and the focus of the Landscapes Blog for the past few weeks. However, assessing risks to biodiversity and ecosystems … Continue reading →

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Fixing the Broken Food System: Power of Consumers

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Rachel Friedman

As the Blog moves through aspects of the agricultural supply chain, one important stakeholder group (and a good place to conclude the week) are those at the end of the chain, the consumers. Considering the global nature of the food … Continue reading →

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