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Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world

These “genetically modified organisms” (GMOs) are planted extensively across swathes of North and South America, in particular, but remain strictly limited in many countries. However, these stringent ...

7 Jun 2024

Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world

Press Releases / International Institute for Sustainable Development

Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes

Consumers and companies across the planet are increasingly choosing cotton produced in accordance with voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) such as Better Cotton or Cotton made in Afric...

16 Jan 2023

Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest

The stream that supplied Indah Lestari's family with fresh fish has dwindled to a trickle since rainforest surrounding her farm was cleared by Indonesian soldiers - leaving behind a barren and eerie ...

28 Jul 2023

Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

What are chief sustainability officers prioritising in 2024?

As the “alphabet soup” of reporting standards shows signs of consolidating with the launch of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s standards last year, chief sustainability office...

28 Feb 2024

What are chief sustainability officers prioritising in 2024?

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Land mismanagement lands communities near Malaysia's Gunung Inas in deep water

...Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA), 98 hectares of rubber plantations have been damaged as well, jeopardising the livelihoods of 140 local smallholders. Though longtime residents of nearby Ka...

26 Jul 2022

Land mismanagement lands communities near Malaysia's Gunung Inas in deep water

Aerial view of deforestation on peatland for palm oil plantation Indonesia

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests

...smallholders establishing oil palm plantations inside forest areas. The government estimates there are 3.37 million hectares (8.33 million acres) of oil palm plantations currently operating illegally ...

11 Feb 2022

Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests

Pendapat / Gaya Hidup

Café culture and sustainable development in Southeast Asia

...smallholders who often receive low prices for their produce. Coffee roasters and international traders, in contrast, dominate the global coffee commodity chain and capture significant shares of the pr...

6 Dis 2022

Café culture and sustainable development in Southeast Asia

Pendapat / Polisi & Kewangan

Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

From politicians’ speeches to policy documents and media reports, the terms "low-carbon", "net-zero", "carbon neutral", and "decarbonisation" have been making their way into climate discussions in Sou...

12 Apr 2023

Obstacles to decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

A smallholder palm oil farmer in Indonesia

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Incentivising sustainability: Training smallholders to grow sustainable palm oil

...smallholders’ needs. Nicholls stressed: “Any effort to boost smallholders’ sustainability must also improve their livelihoods. We must treat smallholders as operating businesses.” “Smallholders are ke...

18 Jun 2021

Incentivising sustainability: Training smallholders to grow sustainable palm oil

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study

...smallholders into the investment portfolio would also foster competition. “It also benefits governments when the invisible market or informal markets are better seen by government agencies when they c...

8 Mar 2022

Asian banks are failing women in agribusiness: study

Press Releases / WasteX

WasteX to help SE Asia’s producers convert waste into higher-value products that fight climate change

...smallholders and large producers, and unlock 3-5x more value for them,” said Pawel Kuznicki, the Founder and CEO of WasteX. He added: “WasteX would not have been possible without the rigo...

2 Sep 2022

WasteX to help SE Asia’s producers convert waste into higher-value products that fight climate change

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Former RSPO CEO Beverley Postma appointed to lead Grow Asia

...smallholders in Asia, Africa and Latin America to improve the nutrition of staple crops, and held senior corporate affairs and marketing roles with Kellogg’s and Syngenta. She was also executive direc...

8 Nov 2021

Former RSPO CEO Beverley Postma appointed to lead Grow Asia

Rainforest in Papua province, Indonesia.

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors

...smallholders involved in logging and oil palm cultivation. These smallholders contributed one-fifth of Indonesia’s forest loss between 2001 and 2016. A 2020 study found that a cash transfer program fo...

17 Mar 2022

Indonesia’s forest-clearing moratorium underdelivered — but so did donors

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

How does climate change threaten global food production?

...smallholders that tend to be overlooked by major crop breeding companies. But with the rising likelihood of concurrent weather extremes, local farming adaptation is only half the solution. If the bal...

6 Feb 2023

How does climate change threaten global food production?

Berita / Pembuatan

Chinese standard tries to kickstart a sustainable rubber revolution

...smallholders. Talking with representatives from Southeast Asia at the 2019 Global Rubber Conference showed Sun Lihui and Zhang Junzuo that they should work with the smallholders of the Mekong basin, i...

4 Mei 2022

Chinese standard tries to kickstart a sustainable rubber revolution

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Food early warning systems can stave off famines

...Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) Programme. The study notes that lessons from the Ukraine conflict — which highlights that unforeseen crises in key staple food production areas can rapidly lead to...

2 Dis 2022

Food early warning systems can stave off famines

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Amid frenzied competition in alternative protein sector, hemp-based meat startup claims soy gives men 'man boobs'

...smallholders and Global North farmer and food processing workers from the conservation about how to reshape food systems. "We are seeing a massive shift in investments and innovations around alternati...

13 Mei 2022

Amid frenzied competition in alternative protein sector, hemp-based meat startup claims soy gives men 'man boobs'

Musim Mas and IFC have engaged smallholder farmers in sustainable cultivation practices.

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

...smallholders is more than 20 per cent higher than the average yield for smallholders in Indonesia. 1,733 scheme smallholders have achieved RSPO certification, covering 3,494 ha of land. 74 villages en...

22 Jul 2021

Can a palm oil company have social impact?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Small price increase in palm oil based products could save forests: Report

...smallholders claim none of the profits (see chart). Profit distribution in the palm oil value chain. Source: Chain Reaction Research Smallholders, which generate six per cent of the palm oil market...

15 Jun 2021

Small price increase in palm oil based products could save forests: Report

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Who gets to define sustainable palm oil?

...smallholders remain the most challenging segment. Smallholders (both organised and independent) only account for about 22 per cent of all certified planted areas, while they cultivate nearly 40 per ce...

8 Jun 2021

Who gets to define sustainable palm oil?

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Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates

Ahead of COP31’s opening on Monday, Brazil’s voluntary roadmap faces fossil fuel expansion and transition disputes, as rising …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Philippines eyes blended finance to bridge estimated US$1 billion nature funding gap after COP17

The Southeast Asian nation secured up to US$200,000 in technical support to strengthen biodiversity financing at the summit, …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy

United States election results may embolden countries to push for stronger fossil fuel commitments, but observers expect limited …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Developing countries ‘missing out’ on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns

Simon Stiell acknowledged that many developing countries have struggled to engage with the summit’s Action Agenda and called …
Berita / Bandar-bandar

Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?

A resettlement village set up after the 2015 earthquake was washed away in the August floods. Khalte’s destruction …
Berita / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan

Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts

Research is ongoing into the health effects of the world’s roughly 350,000 synthetic chemicals, but what we know …

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