Trade Forum
The in-depth digital knowledge platform of the International Trade Centre explores export development and trade issues in developing and least developed countries. The contributions focus on trade promotion and export development as part of the International Trade Centre’s technical cooperation programme with developing countries and economies in transition.
Trade Forum talked with Stefano Savi of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) based in Singapore, about how the European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free products can offer a unique opportunity to companies and small-scale farmers in Malaysia to improve their lives.
Learn more about ITC’s work on Deforestation-free Value Chains here and for questions, please contact Mathieu Lamolle at [email protected].
The Growth for Rural Advancement and Sustainable Progress (GRASP) project, funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Trade Centre, supports and strengthens small and medium enterprises in Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan regions. By focusing on market linkages, policy reform,...
The role of AI-powered satellite data and solar-powered IoT sensors in sustainable agriculture
Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum asked 2024 Small Business Champion Winner Carlos Zuastegui of CLAC, how small scale producers in Latin America, often living in remote, areas, are coping with the effects of climate change, and what it means to be truly inclusive in their market-access approach –...
We must act now. One critical step is to ensure that small businesses and smallholders can use resources more effectively as they also build their capacity to trade. That means paving the way for a clean and circular economy, one that helps achieve climate neutrality, reverse biodiversity loss, cut...
ITC's approach to developing markets
Noela Ojara, founder of Divine Organic Foods, knows cassava like the back of her hand. Traditionally an essential food security crop for households in northern Uganda, the annual crop is cultivated in tropical regions where it’s the third-largest source of carbohydrates after rice and maize....
Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum spoke with Mmakwena Moesi, co-founder and CEO of Viva Organica based in Gaborone, Botswana. Viva Organica provides sustainable agriculture services, leveraging vermicomposting technology to transform organic waste into high performance biofertilizers. With...