Annotations - technology evangelism

  1. Huang, Roger. “UN Pilot In Mongolia Uses Blockchain To Help Farmers Deliver Sustainable Cashmere.” Online magazine. Forbes, December 28, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2019/12/28/un-pilot-in-mongolia-uses-blockchain-to-help-farmers-deliver-sustainable-cashmere/.

    istributed nodes and decentralization can help advance important social outcomes with credible partners.

    (the "credible partners" are the experts?)

  2. Akmeemana, Chami. “Making a Difference to the Mongolian Cashmere Value Chain with Blockchain.” Convergence.tech, 2019. https://www.knittingindustry.com/making-a-difference-to-the-mongolian-cashmere-value-chain-with-blockchain/.

    Complete visibility of the critical path through the deployment of trusted and accurate data, allowing buyers to identify the source of their cashmere ● The connection of sustainability and environmental impact data to enable ethical raw cashmere sourcing decisions to get made with certainty ● Effective creation of a market that can help to connect buyers interested in sustainability, with sellers who follow sustainable practices ● Creation of a channel for targeted incentivization schemes to reward herders for following sustainable practices

    The proposed benefits

  3. Knitting Industry. “Making a Difference to the Mongolian Cashmere Value Chain with Blockchain.” Online blog. Inside Textiles Ltd, February 11, 2020. https://www.knittingindustry.com/making-a-difference-to-the-mongolian-cashmere-value-chain-with-blockchain/.

    Convergence says that the project is an enormous success with significant quantities of cashmere getting tracked across three provinces in north-eastern Mongolia, from origin, shearing at herder households, to destination, a processing facility in Ulaanbaatar.

  4. Knitting Industry. “Making a Difference to the Mongolian Cashmere Value Chain with Blockchain.” Online blog. Inside Textiles Ltd, February 11, 2020. https://www.knittingindustry.com/making-a-difference-to-the-mongolian-cashmere-value-chain-with-blockchain/.

    “Imagine a world where everything you buy will inevitably have a positive impact on the developing world, such as helping to uplift the poor and marginalized, aid in fighting corruption, ensuring of animal welfare and guaranteed of ethical sourcing.”