Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Food system failures in our age of abundance

People walk past baskets of tomatoes in the Yankaba market in Kano, northwest Nigeria August 23, 2017. Picture taken August 23, 2017 REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1249B0DEB0

Without cold storage, whatever market vendors do not sell each day goes to waste. Image: REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

Ertharin Cousin
Chief Executive Officer and President, Food Systems for the Future
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