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Stopping the rot
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Every year, up to 40 per cent of India’s lucrative fruit harvest is lost. A naturally occurring compound called hexanal could help change that. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.
Visit the Charting Change website to read “Stopping the rot.”
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