Wong said direct-from-farm purchases were more the result of a logistical problem, rather than consumer desire to buy straight from farms. While these logistical bottlenecks have now been resolved, he believes consumers will continue to use online marketplaces to buy from farmers.
World Bank President David Malpass, meanwhile, said at a virtual press conference Friday that big countries need to step forward and pledge not to use the crisis as a reason to close or block the markets.
Woodham said that Kenya is a real estate hub in Africa alongside Lagos in Nigeria and South Africa's Johannesburg.
Workers begin laying rails on Monday for the expected railway line connecting Beijing and Hebei province's Xiongan New Area. [Photo/Xinhua]
Wolff added that there are some worries about US President Donald Trump's announcements about trade.
With the theme of Trans-Himalaya Connectivity, the forum is expected to help the region push forward its efforts to become an important gateway to South Asia and to build the Trans-Himalaya economic zone to fully integrate it into the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Workers fit out the interior of a Skoda Auto AS automobile on the production line at the Volkswagen's Rus OOO plant in Kaluga, Russia. [Photo by Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg]
Workers weld at a workshop of an automobile manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, June 30, 2020. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector ticked up to 50.9 in June from 50.6 in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Workers check the pole lamps in Shanghai Pudong International Airport that are more than 30 meters high. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Workers assemble a vehicle at the third plant of the Sino-French joint venture Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile in Wuhan, Hubei province. [Photo provided to China Daily]