Joining Hands for Global Challenges
On the first day of the 20th World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia, leaders called for business and government to work together in facing global challenges. The Indonesian government and 14 companies launch a fresh partnership, a new WEF New Vision for Agriculture Initiative.
June 15, 2011
WHEN 600 of the world’s top CEOs and government leaders met at the start of this week, the result was predictably new initiatives to tackle the world’s challenges. Out of 14 key issues discussed on the first of a two-day panel discussions, the problem of food security loomed large among the discussants.
What the WEF had to show seemed to justify the concerns on food security. Accordingly, farmers account for half of the 1 billion people who
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