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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

Research / UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok

Smallholders, food security, and the environment

Smallholders, food security, and the environment There are 1.4 billion poor people living on less than US$1.25 a day. One billion of them live in rural areas where agriculture is their main source of...

6 Jun 2013

Smallholders, food security, and the environment

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

A quiet transformation in climate change

It is estimated that the impact of climate change already reduces global GDP by 1.6 per cent every year. The Global Commission on Economy and Climate has noted that as temperatures warm towards a 2°C ...

24 Sep 2014

A quiet transformation in climate change

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Smallholder farmers key to new agricultural revolution

...Smallholders, Food Security and the Environment details the crucial role smallholder farmers play in the global scale. Smallholder farmers are farmers with small farms, operating roughly two hectares ...

6 Jun 2013

Smallholder farmers key to new agricultural revolution

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Smallholder farmers in Cameroon nearly ready for REDD+ — with a bit of help

A recent study of two villages in Cameroon indicates that small farmers there are not far from having the capacity to make REDD+ projects work in their communities. As the links between agriculture an...

18 Nov 2013

Smallholder farmers in Cameroon nearly ready for REDD+ — with a bit of help

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

RSPO: The road ahead for palm oil

...smallholders groups from Indonesia and Malaysia, providing funding to a Dutch NGO under its RSPO Smallholders Support Fund that helps small-scale farmers increase the production of certified sustainab...

15 Jan 2014

RSPO: The road ahead for palm oil

Smallholder farmer in palm oil plantation

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

‘No single silver bullet’ to address palm oil sustainability: experts

Major stakeholder groups in the palm oil sector found some common ground and issued a set of recommendations to improve the sector at the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development in Singa...

27 Nov 2013

‘No single silver bullet’ to address palm oil sustainability: experts

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

UN Global Compact launches six principles for sustainable food industry

...smallholders and small-and-medium enterprises. “ We welcome all farmers and agribusinesses – regardless of size, crop or location – to make this principle-based commitment and show their overall ori...

15 May 2014

UN Global Compact launches six principles for sustainable food industry

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'

...smallholders and rural workers move to the city to seek better wages and lifestyles”. This means the industry has to provide smallholders and growers better benefits, such as helping them to achieve h...

25 Feb 2014

New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges

...smallholders, to improve their practices. Unilever, for example, announced in November it would develop a programme in Indonesia - the biggest grower of palm oil - with government-owned plantation com...

23 Apr 2014

Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

SMEs are making strides toward sustainable sourcing

An increasing number of smaller businesses are following in the footsteps of multinationals like Unilever by adopting sustainable sourcing strategies. The impact of climate change on crop yields is a ...

14 Aug 2014

SMEs are making strides toward sustainable sourcing

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Oil palm smallholders get financial aid for certification

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a non-profit promoting sustainable palm production, says it will give financial aid to smallholders seeking certification.Indonesia RSPO director Desi Ku...

8 May 2013

Oil palm smallholders get financial aid for certification

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Indonesia losing primary forest at unprecedented rates

...smallholders, such as by expanding agriculture onto already-degraded lands as opposed to pristine forest. Indonesia can also learn from other leaders in forest conservation. A few years ago, Brazil...

1 Jul 2014

Indonesia losing primary forest at unprecedented rates

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Monkey hordes threaten farmers’ livelihoods

Dozens of monkeys have descended the slopes of Mount Merapi in Central Java to ransack fields for food in the district of Klaten, leaving farmers facing the prospect of a failed crop. Hordes of monkey...

24 Jan 2014

Monkey hordes threaten farmers’ livelihoods

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Will climate change spark an Asian migrant crisis?

...smallholders, which help to keep the farmer's cows - and livelihoods - alive. Edes adds that affordable insurance is also important for community resilience. It prevents farmers from sliding into po...

2 Oct 2015

Will climate change spark an Asian migrant crisis?

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

UN urges countries to boost action against banana disease

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention to tackle one of the world’s most destructive banana diseases, Fusarium ...

15 Apr 2014

UN urges countries to boost action against banana disease

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Circular textiles startup refuses clothing ‘donations’ from ultra fast-fashion brand

Eksklusif Singapore-based circular clothing enterprise Cloop said it does not want to encourage dumping of cheap clothing that cannot …
Berita / Tenaga

How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival

As nuclear energy returns, the government, universities and companies are training the next generation of engineers to operate …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Singapore lays out plan to close $700 billion nature-finance gap as Asia’s TNFD pioneers show disclosures can move capital

The world is spending only about US$200 billion a year on nature-based solutions, against an estimated US$700 billion …
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Electrified carbon capture and methanol-to-power technologies win The Liveability Challenge 2026

Firms based in France and Singapore claimed the top prizes at the ninth edition of the global innovation …
Berita / Tenaga

Singapore partners with nuclear fusion firm CFS in push for future clean energy industry

A*STAR expands collaboration on commercial fusion technology as rising AI and data centre power demand revives global interest …
Berita / Tenaga

How far can AI improve China’s power grid?

Experts think a lack of flexibility in China’s grids could undercut potential efficiency gains from artificial intelligence.

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