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Farmers and Industry Collaborations Driving New Protocols for Hemp Textile Chain Development

Farmers and Industry Collaborations Driving New Protocols for Hemp Textile Chain Development

A key organisation playing a vital role in the hemp movement is Inagro, which provides research and advice in agriculture. Crop Researcher Sophie Waegebaert about the organisation's work with farmers, and the challenges facing hemp as an alternative textile fibre.

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It had been coming for a while. And when the Union government announced that India would now be open to 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in single-brand retail through the automatic route from the forthcoming fiscal year 2018–19, it was a prelude to the Prime Minister’s interactions with chief executives of top multinational companies at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Among other things, Narendra Modi was expressly there to woo investors. FDI: At a...

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Review: 6 Billion

Review of 6 Billion

There are more young people alive today than ever before-over a billion between the ages of 15 and 24-and with more of them sexually active, countries are increasingly grappling with the controversial issue of sexual and reproductive health education. According to the just-released report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), nearly half of all countries have taken new measures to address the reproductive health needs of adolescents, as they were urged to do at the 1994 International...

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