How to Navigate the Present Challenges of the Global Agribusiness Industry

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the latest report on global food security indicates deepening levels of crisis across the globe with close to 10% of the world’s population suffering from world hunger. The global COVID-19 pandemic saw millions descend into extreme levels of undernourishment and malnourishment, adding to the existing multitude which already suffered from chronic hunger. Beyond the disruptions triggered by the pandemic, several challenges have exposed the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector, and the downsides of a super interconnected world.

Field-to-Market; Farm-to-Table: Factors Influencing the Global Agri-Food Produce and Logistics Process

Every year, improvements in farming and agriculture continue to advance food production, helping enable diverse products to be harvested more efficiently, travel farther than ever before and result in lower prices for consumers to enjoy. In today’s interconnected global marketplace, the journey from field to table is more than just a logistical process—it’s a multifaceted journey filled with challenges and opportunities. The exchange process features an interconnected, interdependent network of multiple players; from food producers to food processors to distributors, and finally  consumers. Trade Synergy stands as a dynamic force committed to facilitating this journey, the exchange of agricultural commodities on a global scale making their way to the end consumer.

A Campaign for a Sustainable Future: Trade Synergy’s Place in Sustainable Agriculture

There’s an accelerating transformation in agricultural practices all around the world. Technological and scientific leapfroggings that almost seem futuristic; shifting patterns in global consumption; a growing global population; the advent of borderless trade, frictions in geopolitical relations and landscapes that have led to policy regimes, and the impacts of local and global environmental change have become the new normal. Scratch that, there is really no sense of “normal” anymore. Things seem to be in a state of constant flux.
In a world of globalized agriculture, these changes, cumulatively, have led to new, unusual and serious risks to agricultural production systems and producers. In light of these changes, sustainability of the agri-food system and farming as a multi-functional enterprise is of increasing importance.