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Supply Chain

December 13, 2013

The 2023 updates to Japan’s Act on Promotion of Resource Recycling marked, in many respects, a turning point in the country’s approach to tracking e-waste. While the original 2020 legislation already laid down a framework for promoting circularity in materials use, the latest revisions take a more assertive stance on traceability, particularly when it comes […]

Africa, Agricultural Trade, News

February 12, 2002

Highlighting the growing global demand for specialty coffee from Africa, the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) has called upon coffee traders across the continent to enhance the value of their exports and halt the shipment of unprocessed coffee to international markets.   The message was conveyed during the 20th African Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition, […]