Annotations - threatened cashmere industry

  1. KIRKWOOD, ISABELLE. “Toronto Startup Uses Blockchain to Help Mongolian Farmers Create Sustainable Supply Chain | BetaKit.” Online magazine. BetaKit (blog), January 8, 2020. https://betakit.com/toronto-startup-uses-blockchain-to-help-mongolian-farmers-create-sustainable-supply-chain/.

    The company selected cashmere herders for its pilot, as herders face income instability and are oftenindebted to intermediaries for cash advances. There is also a lack of agreement on sustainability and chain of custody processes, and grazing lands are threatening the viability of the industry.

    This passage links three articles; see "relation" fields in the item metadata. #volatile-prices #chenj (asia.nikkei.com) #traceability (the "lack of agreement", Financial Times "Living from Loan to Loan" -- though this is a weak citation) #overgrazing #threatened-cashmere-industry (sciencemag.org)

  2. The UB Post. “‘The Reputation and Quality Assurance of Mongolian Cashmere on the World Market Begins with Herders.’” The UB Post | Mongolia’s leading English language news, April 2020. http://theubposts.com/post/11852/.

    We have opportunity to establish Mongolia as a producer of sustainable, welfare-friendly, high quality cashmere, but we will need to act fast.

  3. 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/.

    Grazing lands are rapidly degrading, threatening the viability of the entire industry

  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/.

    Grazing lands are rapidly degrading, threatening the viability of the entire industry