I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that we have no greater «national interest» at this time than creating more jobs, attracting greater investment and promoting stable supplies of energy.
The SVI is a voluntary industry initiative, which aims to promote the long - term stablesupply of high quality, safe, natural vanilla, produced in a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable way.
But the stable food supply brought about by these measures promoted population growth and urbanisation, pushing the Empire closer to the limits of its food resources.