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Leaders commit to sustainable agriculture, food security in East Asia

A concerted effort is needed to develop sustainable solutions for global food security problems, government officials and business leaders said today at the 20th World Economic Forum on East Asia in J...

13 Jun 2011

Leaders commit to sustainable agriculture, food security in East Asia

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Indonesia to launch Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil standard

...smallholders. The chairman of Gapki of North Sumatra chapter, Balaman Tarigan, said Gapki members are ready to get the ISPO certificate although some already had RSPO certificate.

30 Mar 2011

Indonesia to launch Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil standard

Berita / Tenaga

Farmers hurt as pressure on arable land grows: UN

...smallholders are shrinking year after year. Farmers are often relegated to soils that are arid, hilly or without irrigation," he said in a new report presented to the U.N. General Assembly. "This pose...

21 Oct 2010

Farmers hurt as pressure on arable land grows: UN

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Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay

...smallholders in low-income food-deficit countries, he added. G20 The Outlook reinforces the core messages for mitigating and managing price volatility in a recent inter-agency report to the G20, P...

17 Jun 2011

Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay

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Save and Grow farming model launched by FAO

FAO today announced the launch of a major new initiative intended to produce more food for a growing world population in an environmentally sustainable way. FAO's call for sustainable crop production...

13 Jun 2011

Save and Grow farming model launched by FAO

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

New oil palm clone set to double palm oil yield up to 10 tonnes per ha

...smallholders and plantations in Sabah. At the current crude palm oil price, a smallholder with 6ha can potentially earn an incremental income of RM30,000 a year using cloned shoots, Tan added. Meanwhi...

28 Sep 2010

New oil palm clone set to double palm oil yield up to 10 tonnes per ha

Berita / Makanan & Pertanian

Road to sustainable palm oil fraught with challenges

...smallholders cultivate around 40 percent of the land devoted to oil palm. He said it made economic sense for the RSPO to bear the costs of certification since many big plantation companies process pal...

4 Dec 2010

Road to sustainable palm oil fraught with challenges

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Bank to provide funds for smallholder's forests

The Forest Development Financing Center (PPPH) which has become the Public Service Agency (BLU) authority will cooperate with bank BRI to provide at least Rp3 trillion for community forest development...

24 Oct 2010

Bank to provide funds for smallholder's forests

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Near record high food prices keep poorest people on the edge

Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Price W...

15 Aug 2011

Near record high food prices keep poorest people on the edge

Berita / Tenaga

Reducing poverty by growing fuel and food

...smallholders "Farming systems that combine food and energy crops present numerous benefits to poor rural communities," said Alexander Müller, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources. "For...

17 Feb 2011

Reducing poverty by growing fuel and food

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

SE Asian palm oil firms go on African land safari

Southeast Asian palm oil firms are turning to Africa as land runs out back home and world demand for cheap cooking oil soars, but the continent's harsh weather, high costs and land disputes could dera...

29 Apr 2011

SE Asian palm oil firms go on African land safari

Berita / Karbon & Cuaca

Greener palm oil needs more Asia support: Unilever

Palm oil buyers in India and China need to join those in Europe in signing up for a certification scheme to promote sustainable palm oil, consumer goods giant Unilever said on Tuesday. The Roundtable ...

19 Oct 2010

Greener palm oil needs more Asia support: Unilever

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Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Truly sustainable business model eliminates “either/or” choices, by Aida Greenbury

...smallholders slash and burn tracts for personal and community farming and agricultural needs. Government regulations ban such vandalism, but enforcing the law is difficult when resources are limited a...

14 Apr 2011

Truly sustainable business model eliminates “either/or” choices, by Aida Greenbury

Pendapat / Karbon & Cuaca

Planters need to do more checks to prevent forest fire and haze

...smallholders in Malaysia had been adopting zero-burning policy for quite sometime. In Malaysia, even though the Government had strictly imposed a ban on open burning in 1998, the practice of land clea...

26 Oct 2010

Planters need to do more checks to prevent forest fire and haze

Berita / Tenaga

Start-up fund for biodiesel programme

...smallholders in replanting activities. Replanting is widely seen as a way to enhance productivity and also to achieve Malaysia’s long-term target to achieve national average of 35 tonnes of fresh frui...

5 Oct 2010

Start-up fund for biodiesel programme

Berita / Air

Diverse water sources key to food security: report

Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage...

5 Sep 2010

Diverse water sources key to food security: report

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From around the world, lessons in 'climate smart' agriculture

Farmers around the world are adopting new ways of producing food that both help cope with climate change and reduce farming's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new FAO website on 'climate-smart...

4 Nov 2010

From around the world, lessons in 'climate smart' agriculture

Berita / Polisi & Kewangan

Where there's smoke

...smallholders and big plantations the cheapest, quickest way of clearing logged land of rejected or overlooked trees and the undergrowth, thereby making it available for other uses—often, these days, t...

28 Oct 2010

Where there's smoke

Pendapat / Makanan & Pertanian

Tree huggers and loggers of the world, unite

...smallholders who start the fires, or to control the direction in which the fire spreads, they say. Put both groups together in one place and sparks are guaranteed to fly. I was at a local dialogue las...

31 Oct 2010

Tree huggers and loggers of the world, unite

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World Business and Development Award winners show that fighting poverty can also benefit business

...Smallholders to Climate Change, Germany Feedback Ventures, India Ferrovial, Spain GAP Regional Directorate, Turkey Promigas, Colombia Geoffman Enterprises, Uganda Mahindra and Mahindra, India Schneide...

20 Sep 2010

World Business and Development Award winners show that fighting poverty can also benefit business

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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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