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Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

...smallholders’ share of the country’s palm plantations, which stands at about 40 per cent of the 120,000 square kilometres of planted palm estates, according to government data. But there’s a high degr...

22 Feb 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

Pendapat / Gaya Hidup

Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time

...smallholders, especially in the Pacific region, simply do not use agrochemicals. It’s also more likely to be grown in heavily rainforested areas, with almost zero water footprint. “ With a bit of att...

2 Apr 2018

Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows

From sustainable landscape restoration that mitigates climate change, to tenure security and innovative financing tools, to climate-smart lifestyle changes, the agenda is wide and deep for an upcoming...

3 May 2019

24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa

Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a report released on Monday. From s...

26 Feb 2019

Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa

Berita / Air

Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply

Yogita has to fetch water up to six times a day - sometimes going out in the middle of the night - from a hand pump about half a kilometre from her house in India's Madhya Pradesh state, leaving her b...

20 Mar 2019

Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply

An Australian wheat field, by James Edwards/Wheat Initiative, CC BY-SA 2.0

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture

...smallholders, pigs represent their livelihoods, says Ohlsson. "They’re used to pay dowries, for financial security. They're incredibly valuable and well taken care of, but that value is reflected by t...

10 May 2019

Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil

...smallholders to complete the certification process. “The clock has already started ticking for us in 2018,” says Webber. “It will take a few years to completely roll out since there are millions of sm...

7 Mar 2018

What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil

deforestation imports impact Indonesia's forests

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

...smallholders can be more productive, as long as that doesn’t create a massive incentive to open up even more forest, they can be part of the solution. A rubber plantation in Bintan, Indonesia. Image:...

21 May 2019

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding

...smallholders with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land each. The majority of farmers in the region face an uphill battle to access credit, leaving them unable to modernise, boost yields, diversify i...

12 Oct 2018

Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

A biodiverse patch of forest in Sumatra threatened by encroaching oil palm plantations and illegal logging could soon be carved up by a road for coal trucks. The Harapan forest spans 769 square kilome...

29 May 2019

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

Palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

...smallholders who produce palm oil in a sustainable way, Eickhout said. By incentivizing these producers, he said, “we can promote the sustainable versions.” Eickhout said the nuances of the policy wer...

15 Oct 2019

EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife

On April 3, the United Kingdom announced a ban on the sale of ivory that is “one of the toughest in the world.” By restricting the ivory trade, the UK joined other countries—including China and the Un...

9 Jul 2018

How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more

When we pick up a piece of fruit, bar of chocolate or package of flour, we don’t often think of the massive amounts of agricultural waste — the stems, leaves, seed pods and more — that never make it o...

15 May 2019

Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

...smallholders, who produce about 40 per cent of the world’s palm oil but often do not have access to good quality seeds, fertiliser and knowledge about better agricultural practices, shares Neville. Sh...

1 Aug 2018

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

...Smallholders will have better knowledge of what and when to produce, and whom to deliver to. They can then market their produce to consumers with greater confidence, and consumers will know well ahead...

3 Apr 2018

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

Children in Laos get free school lunches in government and World Bank programme

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Climate action must not leave human rights behind

Seventy years ago, in the wake of World War II, the world emerged from one of its darkest times. This led the international community to send a clear message to future generations: “Never again!” Thro...

13 Dec 2018

Climate action must not leave human rights behind

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?

...smallholders and rolling out new technologies to several millions of farmers is very costly,” says Suwarganada. Another promising attempt to produce oil palm in a sustainable way comes from Colombia, ...

17 Feb 2019

Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?

Re-imagining a brighter future: green buildings with urban farming. Image: Olam International

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

What does battling climate change look like?

Global agri-business Olam International and Eco-Business have launched Re-imagining a Brighter Future, a global competition looking for inspiring photographs that show how people are fighting or adapt...

1 Aug 2018

What does battling climate change look like?

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change

Forestry has become an increasingly important issue in South Asia, with the new Pakistani government touting the success of its “billion tree tsunami” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a model for a “ten billi...

13 Dec 2018

Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change

Press Releases / Olam

Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced

Singapore, June 6, 2019 – A unique mapping approach that will give smallholder farmers a ‘best fit’ for what to grow, where and how, has been awarded the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovati...

11 Jun 2019

Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced

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Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn

Studio EB At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could …
Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb

India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis.
Berita / Tenaga

Singapore’s Sembcorp eyes $4.3bn acquisition of Australia’s Alinta Energy

The Singapore firm has said it would buy the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned firm, but there are no …
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Arthur Joseph Kurup appointed as Malaysia’s new environment minister

He takes the helm of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability ministry following a Cabinet reshuffle, succeeding acting …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Singapore dominates Southeast Asia’s green startup landscape, report finds

New mapping of climate firms shows region rich in solutions but constrained by grids, finance and coordination.
Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

14 sustainable innovations that gave us hope in 2025

From carbon-lite AI to recycled human hair, Eco-Business sifts through the technologies that tackled environmental and social problems …

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