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RSPO orders Golden Agri to stop new palm oil development

The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) on Wednesday ordered Singapore-based palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources to prove that its operations on a controversial concession in Indonesia have ad...

9 May 2015

RSPO orders Golden Agri to stop new palm oil development

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

PepsiCo signs contract-farming MoU with VN potato growers

PepsiCo Foods Vietnam Co (PFVC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnamese Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) and the Phivang Collaboration of Farmers in Vietnam ...

13 Oct 2014

PepsiCo signs contract-farming MoU with VN potato growers

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

5 things about palm oil expansion in the Philippines

...smallholders in planting this crop, which is different from their usual produce of either coconut, sugar, cacao and others. The working group recommended that the government increase education and tra...

30 Jul 2014

5 things about palm oil expansion in the Philippines

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

New ZSL toolkit boosts transparency for palm oil

...smallholders and the locations of mill sites to aid traceability and accountability. “We hope that more oil palm growers will consider their scores on the toolkit and discuss this with us,” said Horne...

19 Nov 2014

New ZSL toolkit boosts transparency for palm oil

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Who will pay for ecosystem services?

...smallholders will always be the wobbly leg on the PES negotiation table. While some exciting examples show how finance can be tapped, care needs to be in place. Deals must be fair, with meaningful inc...

29 Jan 2014

Who will pay for ecosystem services?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Biofuel development should not compromise food security, says CFS

...smallholders." The 7-11 October meeting drew nearly 750 people, including over 130 government delegations, 100 civil society and 50 private sector organizations. Following the talks, the CFS also agr...

14 Oct 2013

Biofuel development should not compromise food security, says CFS

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Using a cross-sectoral landscapes approach to improve forest livelihoods

...smallholders all over the world already use a landscape approach to managing resources, and the good news for them is that we have now, at last, actively embraced it too,” said Christine Padoch, direc...

21 Nov 2013

Using a cross-sectoral landscapes approach to improve forest livelihoods

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

The GMO dilemma

“The first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.” So said Norman Borlaug. Borlaug, a biologist and Nobel laureate, has been credited with saving a billion lives. Thro...

8 Jul 2014

The GMO dilemma

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Land rights: Both prerequisite and incentive for smallholder-based REDD+

...smallholders are often not the primary drivers of Amazonian deforestation – but they are a part of the picture, as clearing the forest is often used as a way to establish rights to land. In fact, Braz...

5 Nov 2013

Land rights: Both prerequisite and incentive for smallholder-based REDD+

Press Releases / CSR Asia Ltd.

Lifting the lid on the cocoa industry

...Smallholders can find better returns growing other commodities. Consumers, who have a growing passion for chocolate products, will ultimately pay a greater price if the industry does not shift to an i...

11 Jul 2014

Lifting the lid on the cocoa industry

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Wilmar assures S'wak it will continue to buy crude palm oil

...smallholders and farmers to develop NCR land sustainably, irrespective of whether it was peat land or not. “We will also look into working with your various government agencies to look into areas bein...

7 Mar 2014

Wilmar assures S'wak it will continue to buy crude palm oil

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

How to stop climate change making food less nutritious?

In Africa, where some 280 million people are already malnourished, any further difficulty in accessing nutritious food will be a problem. Africa has more stunted children today than it did 20 years ag...

22 Jul 2014

How to stop climate change making food less nutritious?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Top 5 need-to-knows about conservation agriculture

...smallholders to scale-up production. This support should include legal land tenure, global policies for a level playing field, access to capital and markets, structured training, and investment in tec...

7 Aug 2014

Top 5 need-to-knows about conservation agriculture

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Palawan palm oil presence likely to grow, industry rep denies harmful impact

Plans to convert eight million hectares of land for palm oil production on Palawan island in the Philippines have been met with opposition from environmental and social advocacy groups, with a petitio...

2 Jan 2015

Palawan palm oil presence likely to grow, industry rep denies harmful impact

Berita / CSR

Cargill launches sustainability programme for oil palm smallholders

...smallholders, mainly from the state of Perak, in the course of three years. Currently, there are about 177,000 oil palm smallholders in Malaysia operating on 14 per cent of the country’s total oil pa...

26 Jun 2013

Cargill launches sustainability programme for oil palm smallholders

Press Releases / Cargill Asia Pacific

Cargill launches oil palm smallholder program in Malaysia

...smallholders. It is one of the first programs in Malaysia that is focused on sustainable palm oil production through partnerships with independent smallholders, palm oil dealers, mills and refi...

25 Jun 2013

Cargill launches oil palm smallholder program in Malaysia

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Climate change threatens your cup of coffee as soon as 2020

Areas suitable for coffee growing will decrease substantially by as soon as 2020 due to climate change impacts in major producing countries, a new report warns. "The situation is alarming," said the C...

3 Jul 2014

Climate change threatens your cup of coffee as soon as 2020

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

RI proposal to merge palm oil certifications gets warm welcome

...smallholders obtain the certificate.” Indonesia, which saw around 6.7 million of its population working in the palm oil sector last year, expects its palm oil output to rise to 28 million tons this ye...

11 Jun 2014

RI proposal to merge palm oil certifications gets warm welcome

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Prioritise action over perfection: RSPO chief

...smallholders on palm oil is critical to achieving traceability back to plantations. However, the panel of experts emphasised that traceability was not a substitute for sustainability – it was simply a...

24 Nov 2014

Prioritise action over perfection: RSPO chief

Press Releases / UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok

Smallholder Farmers Key to Lifting Over 1Billion People Out of Poverty

...smallholders depend so that it continues to support food security and rural development can be the answer to enhanced food security, environmental protection and poverty reduction. Smallholders have a...

6 Jun 2013

Smallholder Farmers Key to Lifting Over 1Billion People Out of Poverty

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Musim Mas stalwart Carolyn Lim joins palm oil rival Golden Agri-Resources

Lim has joined GAR to lead sustainability operations. Rob Nicholls has also left Musim Mas after several years …
Berita / Tenaga

Renewables shift needed as Iran war exposes Asia’s fragile energy market: experts

As oil and gas firms reap windfall profits from wartime price spikes, regional climate advocates urge governments to …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Eight global climate tech start-ups to vie for S$4M in funding at The Liveability Challenge 2026

Ideas to keep cities cool and slash emissions were shortlisted in a record-breaking year for entries.
Berita / Tenaga

Global energy crisis reinforces Indonesia’s 100 GW solar push, but hurdles persist

On recent trips abroad, Indonesian president Prabowo touted ambitious renewable energy plans in pursuit of energy security. Analysts …
Berita / Pegurusan Sisa Kumbahan

Iran war rips through Asia’s plastics market, boosting demand for recycled resin

A "huge" increase in demand for recycled plastic as virgin prices spike is complicated by stock availability, rising …
Berita / Tanggugjwab Sosial Korporat

Singapore SMEs are struggling with sustainability, but for some it’s a competitive edge

Rising costs, consumer apathy and slowing climate action are holding Singapore’s SMEs back on sustainability – but for …

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