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Haze over Singapore's skyline, September 2019

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

As the worst haze since 2015 chokes Southeast Asia, are Big Agri's fire prevention efforts working?

...Smallholders take the heat This year's haze, which began in earnest in July, has mainly been caused by smallholder farmers using fire to expand their plantations, suggested Carolyn Lim, senior manager...

18 Sep 2019

As the worst haze since 2015 chokes Southeast Asia, are Big Agri's fire prevention efforts working?

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia

...smallholders depend on this essential commodity for their livelihood, employment and income, leading many to question whether there is a way to balance the scale and production of palm oil sustainably...

22 Sep 2020

India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Pioneering sustainable palm oil in India

Arokia Samy owns a small eatery in southern India’s Chennai and uses a lot of palm oil. He buys it at around INR 90 (US$ 1.22) a litre from the market and chooses it over other cooking oils because it...

10 Feb 2021

Pioneering sustainable palm oil in India

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

...smallholders get access to training, supply chain intelligence, traceability and financing. According to him, this could strengthen their role in the global production of food, and help lift them out ...

3 Apr 2019

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

Some of Henkel's top laundry and home care brands. Image: Henkel

Berita / CSR

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

Uwe Bergmann, director of sustainability management for Henkel, the €19.9 billion (US$22 billion) German consumer goods and chemicals multinational famous for brands such as Persil, Loctite, and Schwa...

4 Mar 2020

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

In a bid to phase out palm biofuel, Europe leaves fans and foes dismayed

...smallholders as farmers with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land. The Malaysian government, though, says that all farmers with up to 5 hectares (12 acres) of land should be considered smallholders....

19 Mar 2019

In a bid to phase out palm biofuel, Europe leaves fans and foes dismayed

Press Releases / Rethink Events

Meet the Asia-Pacific innovators shaking up the agri-food system

...smallholders across the country. The start-up community will join the virtual Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit on November 18-20, as it brings together over 800 delegates for three action-pac...

21 Okt 2020

Meet the Asia-Pacific innovators shaking up the agri-food system

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Study finds widespread damage to Southeast Asia's peatlands—and palm oil plantations are not the only ones to blame

Vast swathes of Southeast Asia’s carbon-rich peatlands are subsiding, and the damage is not limited to areas that have been drained or cleared for palm oil plantations, a new study has found. Palm oil...

10 Jun 2020

Study finds widespread damage to Southeast Asia's peatlands—and palm oil plantations are not the only ones to blame

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Stretching the conversation about sustainable natural rubber

...smallholders in Asia, making traceability a major issue in the industry's quest for sustainability. Degraded land in a village in Bintan, Indonesia, where smallholder farmers grow rubber trees as we...

27 Mar 2019

Stretching the conversation about sustainable natural rubber

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

The pandemic must transform global agriculture

The Covid-19 pandemic should spur us to redefine how we feed humanity. The world now has a unique opportunity to adopt long-term measures to promote healthier diets, encourage farmers to produce a wid...

23 Jun 2020

The pandemic must transform global agriculture

Press Releases / Rabobank

Rabobank announces 15 Agri-tech Start-ups and Innovators for SustainableAg Asia Challenge

...smallholders with their crops to financing options, and the creation of technology platforms across the agricultural supply chain that will boost productivity, efficiency and income for the farmers. ...

24 Sep 2019

Rabobank announces 15 Agri-tech Start-ups and Innovators for SustainableAg Asia Challenge

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

How 'future-fit' crops can protect the environment and provide for the future

“Future-fit” crops that are nutritionally dense and climate-resilient are key to surviving climate change and providing for the world’s larger population in the future. In a recent report on neglected...

15 Jan 2020

How 'future-fit' crops can protect the environment and provide for the future

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Palm oil: Smallholder expansion into peatlands on the rise

...smallholders go largely unmonitored. They’re also the fastest-growing producer group in Indonesia: the total area cultivated with oil palm by smallholders is expected to grow from approximately 40 per...

15 Feb 2019

Palm oil: Smallholder expansion into peatlands on the rise

Berita / Tenaga

India's tribal farmers tap solar irrigation to cut migration

The Chotanagpur Plateau in eastern India, criss-crossed with streams, once was lush green even in winter. But increasingly erratic rainfall in recent years has made life much harder for the region's i...

3 Ogo 2020

India's tribal farmers tap solar irrigation to cut migration

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Coffee, cocoa, and the cutting edge

...smallholders. Developed by Grameen Foundation in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance and Mars, the digital FDP incorporates farm data such as environmental conditions, household financing, and pr...

4 Mar 2019

Coffee, cocoa, and the cutting edge

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

How technology is helping farmers predict and prepare for El Niño

...smallholders over two years. Elsewhere, Kenyan agribusiness, UjuziKilimo, uses wireless sensor networks to monitor soils and provide advice on fertilizers, seeds, weather and best practices to help s...

23 Jan 2019

How technology is helping farmers predict and prepare for El Niño

Press Releases / Olam

5 priorities for regenerating the living world on World Environment Day

By Chris Brown, Vice President and Global Head of Environment, Olam International Food and agriculture is rooted in the world’s natural resources. These include all the plants, animals and micr...

8 Jun 2020

5 priorities for regenerating the living world on World Environment Day

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

As fall armyworms invade Asia, we need more than chemical warfare from Big Agri

If you were to drive through farmland in rural Java, Indonesia, on a recent morning and roll down your car windows, you probably wouldn’t take in the wet grass smell of the rice paddies. Ins...

11 Apr 2019

As fall armyworms invade Asia, we need more than chemical warfare from Big Agri

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Asian palm oil buyers lag behind in global green push—survey

...smallholders, communities and biodiversity on the ground. It found a quarter were investing in such initiatives in areas at risk of unsustainable palm oil development. In Malaysia, the second-biggest ...

20 Jan 2020

Asian palm oil buyers lag behind in global green push—survey

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Covid-19 has sparked a food loss crisis. Here are 3 ways to tackle it

With the novel coronavirus wreaking havoc around the globe, just about every nation faces major issues with its food supply. While a potentially devastating food security crisis looms, a food loss cri...

27 Mei 2020

Covid-19 has sparked a food loss crisis. Here are 3 ways to tackle it

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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

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 …
Berita / Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat

Will Singapore’s tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations

Singapore’s amended haze law empowers the government to cut companies off from banks, suppliers and insurers without a …

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