Background Over the years, rapid adoption of digital technologies has brought transformation to Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) sectors, with digital tools bringing services solutions such as fintech and e-payment to consumers’ fingertips. While the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the business system to its breaking point, many private companies, MSMEs, and governments increasingly use …

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BACKGROUND The Lancang-Mekong (LM) Region has immense economic potential and rich natural resources. As many as 75 million people live within the Mekong River Basin area and approximately 1.6 billion throughout the region. This region is experiencing some of the fastest economic growth rates in the world. It is also sustainable and equitable development, but …

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Introduction Food is an ideal medium for the growth of microorganisms which warrants measures to preserve food safe for consumption over a specified period of time also called preservation. In commercial setting food preservation has gone beyond safety and includes preservation of nutrients and appearance to strengthen competitiveness for wider market access. Under these circumstances, …

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RATIONALE Food safety has gradually become a major socioeconomic and political concern in many developing countries. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations suggests that “food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences …

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