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CSIR-FRI Organizes a Workshop on the Circular Economy of the Agricultural Value Chain
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Food Research Institute (CSIR-FRI), in collaboration with Sheffield University and Gold Coast Sustainability and Governance Institute (GCSGI) organized an event at the CSIR-FRI on Thursday, 29th April 2021. The theme for the event was, “The Triple Bottom sustainability analysis on the circular economy of the Agricultural food value chain in Ghana”. The objective of the workshop was to launch the final report and policy brief of the project. There were 30 in-house participants and 17 online participants. In attendance was the Director-General of the CSIR, Prof. Victor Agyeman, the Acting Director of CSIR-Food Research Institute Prof. Charles Tortoe, and the immediate past Director of CSIR-FRI Prof. (Mrs) Mary Obodai, who was the lead of the project at CSIR-Food Research Institute. The project aimed to research into existing circular economy models, ways of cutting down on waste generation in the system and how beneficial it is socially, environmentally and economically. It was an insightful event and participants found the deliberations very fruitful.
Circular Economy in Ghana's Agri-food Value Chain - A Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Assessment
Please click on the links below to read more about the report and the policy brief.
Circular Economy in Ghana's Agri-food value chain; A Triple Bottom Line Sustainability Analysis