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Organic farmers in Malaysia and Indonesia have built small-scale models of food security and fairer trade for local communities. However, there are challenges to widespread adoption, including the time needed to improve soil health and expertise required to implement organic practices, experts say.
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Sweet sorghum plantations are to be grown on depleted mining sites in Bintan, a historical hub for bauxite extraction. Sweet sorghum can used as biofuel, feedstock for bioethanol and as green naphtha, a key ingredent for plastics in short supply as a result of the Iran War.
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Hand pollination helps cocoa farmers offset climate harm
As global warming threatens cocoa production by pushing temperatures beyond optimal levels, manual pollination offers a promising solution to boost yields and support millions of smallholder farmers.
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Singapore’s ‘30 by 30’ food security goal currently under review, confirms government
The republic is reviewing its strategy to source a third of its nutrition locally by 2030 to better tackle productivity, cost and demand challenges, said a senior minister of state. To date, food self-production remains below 10 per cent.
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