William Richard’s Trichotomy typically categorises policies into three main perspectives, which are regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive. The regulative aspects refer to the formal rules, laws, and regulations that govern the implementation and monitoring mechanism. The normative pillar encompasses the values, norms, and expectations that guide behaviour, including ethical standards and professional responsibilities. The cultural-cognitive aspect […]
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Broken Harvest (Part I)
World Food Day 2025, celebrated this month with the theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”, serves as a poignant reminder that agri-food systems today face extraordinary pressures from conflict and climate extremes to economic volatility and social inequality. An estimated 673 million people live with hunger, even as food waste, […]
Worst heatwave: severe threat to harvest
BEIJING: China’s autumn harvest is under “severe threat” from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country’s hottest summer on record. The world’s second-largest economy has been hit by record temperatures, flash floods and droughts this summer — phenomena that scientists have warned are becoming […]