Leading experts, policymakers and CEOs in agribusiness and allied supply chains on Wednesday dwelt on the common objective of achieving the twin challenges of food security and integration of supply chains with global food markets in light of the burgeoning open international markets.
At a two-day International Conference, hosted by the TERI School of Advanced Studies (SAS), the experts explored the challenges in developing and harnessing opportunities to optimise inclusive agribusiness to achieve sustainable transformation that changes rural demographics, migration, merging globalisation of agri-markets to mitigate food security and adapt to climate change impacts.
A session on food processing by Amul Dairy on total rural sanitation talked about hygiene to achieve the target of providing 100 per cent toilet facilities in all villages where Amul has a milk society.
The session on climate change and agribusiness talked about lessons learned in the Hindu Kush Himalayas and highlighted the issues
prevailing in the Himalayan region through two case studies on Resilience building (cardamom value chain)and Climate mitigation (shade coffee plantation).