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With new technologies cropping up, family farming – one of the world’s oldest economic activities – is evolving to harness emerging opportunities for productivity and sustainability gains. Family-owned farms make up around four fifths of Earth’s farmland and are responsible for over 80% of global food production in value terms, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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South-South cooperation to empower developing countries
UNCTAD and Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI) have joined forces to train women entrepreneurs and researchers on the country’s Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) economy model. The Thai government put the model in place as part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that aims to capitalize on the country’s biological diversity and cultural richness while promoting more sustainable and inclusive opportunities.
One of the main takeaways of UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2023 is that national governments and the international community must act now to avoid leaving developing countries out of the green technological revolution that is quickly unfolding. Green technologies are those related to the production of goods and services with lower carbon footprints.