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Can digital technology boost food sustainability? | Digital Economy: The audible internet

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Can digital technology boost food sustainability? | Digital Economy: The audible internet

Weekly Digest   Issue #31         Ready for 100 in Singapore   Singapore is preparing for a "silver tsunami". One in four Singaporeans will be aged 65 or older by 2030. The UN projects that Singapore will have an average life expectancy of 86.2 by 2037. Is the country’s healthcare system ready to support healthy ageing? Find out from our Ready for 100 series.   ARE YOU READY FOR 100? →

Sustainability Can digital technology boost food sustainability?   A growing number of agritech start-ups are developing ways of applying digital technologies to farming. Many of these technologies improve yields, cut waste and enhance the sustainability of farming.   READ MORE → Technology & Innovation Digital economy: the audible internet   The new podcast episode explores how the growing prevalence of smart speakers and other audio technologies will change the internet and organisations that use it to reach their audiences.   LISTEN NOW → OPINION Gender and infrastructure Quality infrastructure should be inclusive, enabling the economic participation and social inclusion of all. Particular consideration should be given to how infrastructure facilitates the economic empowerment of women. READ BLOG → Marie Lam-Frendo CEO Global Infrastructure Hub       FROM THE ECONOMIST       Employee happiness and business success are linked   What explains the connection?           Emerging-market dreams of rich-world incomes meet reality   Convergence is slowing even as the trend towards global opening may be ending             UPCOMING EVENTS       The Safe Cities Summit will convene policymakers, executives, experts and entrepreneurs from across the globe to discuss creating and maintaining safe and resilient cities, including cyber-security, transport and infrastructure, crime prevention and the health and wellbeing of urbanites. Register to attend before July 26th and save 15% off the saver-rate with code EIU15.             - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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