The purpose of the article is to analyze the development of the agriculture sector in Azerbaijan and access the potential for its sustainable development. In the research process, the following scientific methods have been used: empirical method (for the comprehensive assessment of the current...

The relationships between food systems, law, and the environment are strong. The ecological costs of modern industrial and large-scale food production are driven by greenhouse gas emissions, fertilizers and pesticides, and food miles, as well as agricultural law. Food choices contribute to the...

Food security is interlinked with agricultural production. Enhancement in farm productivity and providing diversified demand of food due to growth in per capita income, urbanization and changes in food habit is the major challenges. Study is based on secondary data collected from different...

The paper presents a study provoked by the progressive development of organic sector in world scope facilitated by the increase in organic produce demand on one hand and favorable legislative prerequisites on the other. One of the main goals worldwide is the achievement of high levels of food...

Considering the priorities of sustainable development in the context of assurance food quality and safety and rural development, the paper underlines the importance of agri-food sector and the elaboration and the implementation of new methods and instruments in management of small and medium...

The strategic goals of raising competitiveness, human resources development, employment, incomes and social integration along with strategic priorities as infrastructure, entrepreneurship encouragement, favorable business environment, balanced territorial development, etc. consider knowledge and...

Economic and population growth increasingly pressure the Earth system. Fertile soils are essential to ensure global food security, requiring high-yielding agro-technological regimes to cope with rising soil degradation and macro-nutrients deficiencies, which may be further exacerbated by climate...

This report is part of an ongoing annual series of reports on Fixing the Business of Food initiated and actively supported by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN). The report is the product of a team including BCFN, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) at Columbia...

Poverty continues to persist among the smallholder farmers in the cocoa sector, especially among the West African cocoa-producing countries. Despite the sector’s contribution to economic development, the smallholder farmers are yet to record any tangible improvement in their welfare and...

The advent of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals has refocused global attention on the roles of business and other nonstate actors in achieving global goals. Often, business involvement takes the form of collaborations with the more traditional actors — governments and non‐governmental...