Southeast Asia should fund sustainable ag over ‘silver bullets’ to meet climate targets
June 9, 2022
“Countries are betting heavily on emerging solutions – which is another way of saying silver bullets.”
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Jack Ellis
Jack is Deputy Editor of AFN and Asia-Pacific Media & Research Lead for AgFunder, based in Singapore. You can reach him at jack@agfunder.com
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