Traceability Certifications and Mangalwar Idiocracy Syndrome

Shall we examine the hyped-up claim that traceability systems and certification mechanisms 'sustainablize' value chains?

Once upon a time, there lived a venerable priest in a quaint old town called Mangalwarpet in the western part of India.

On a sunny day, he woke before sunrise and set out to complete his daily ablutions. But, there was a problem - a stray dog in the neighborhood was shouting its lungs out and this perturbed him. With no inclination to step out of his pr…