Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Photo by CK Yeo on Unsplash)

Five Trends That Can Propel ASEAN’s Growth in Post-Corona Era

The coronavirus pandemic hit Asia first, but its countries including emerging ASEAN—Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam—have to date recorded considerably lower transmission and fatality rates per capita than other regions in the world. “As of August 20, 2020, transmitted cases per million people stood at approximately 582 across emerging ASEAN countries compared with 16,737…

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Amalia Ribi Forclaz at the Graduate Institute Geneva talk about "Crisis and conflict in Agriculture". Photo by Kimberley Evans.

Farming for Freedom

GENEVA, Switzerland (ViaNews) – Conflict takes on many shapes. In our current global situation, we are seeing more crisis and conflict sprouting. As the media, academia, and NGOs, we mostly focus on the human dimensions of conflict – the loss of lives, the violence, and the politics – and the agricultural dimensions often go ignored….

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