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Carolyn Lim, head of sustainability operations, Golden Agri-Resources

...smallholders unit. Image: Musim Mas Also leaving Musim Mas is Rob Nichols, who led the company’s highly-regarded smallholders division for eight years, training farmers with small plots of land in su...

2 Apr 2026

...smallholders are not left behind in the sustainability transition. National Association of Smallholders Malaysia (NASH) president Adzmi Hassan said that while smallholders play a vital role in Malaysi...

7 Nov 2025

...smallholders in Wilmar’s Indonesian supply chain said land legality and documentation remain a critical issue as many smallholders are still pending their formal land titles. This makes it challenging...

6 Nov 2025

...smallholders must remain central to the global sustainability agenda, as they are often the most affected by market barriers and policy decisions made without their input. D’Cruz stressed that inclusi...

11 Nov 2025

...smallholders. How is Golden Agri including smallholders in its sustainability ambitions? We run our own mills across our own plantations, but as production has declined in some of those areas, we are ...

5 Dec 2025

RSPO China Forum_buyers and suppliers panel

...smallholders. Smallholders in Southeast Asia, who collectively manage a significant portion of palm oil plantations, often face limited access to financial resources. Without adequate funding, many s...

24 Oct 2025

A smallholder oil palm farmer in Indonesia moves fresh fruit bunches.

...smallholders rather than bringing them along. That is where change is needed – not just more delays. Carolyn Lim, head of corporate communications, Musim Mas Indonesia pushes for exemptions for small...

24 Sep 2025

...smallholders and small food businesses in meeting sustainability requirements, through transfers of agricultural technologies and capacity building. If China establishes mutual recognition of sustaina...

19 Feb 2026

Is the agriculture sector fated to die out? Globally, the average age of farmers has been steadily creeping up, approaching 60 in developed countries. This leaves the sector, which supplies roughly ...

29 Sep 2025

When Thales Bevilacqua Mendonça left his farm in Brazil's southern Paraná state to fly five hours north to attend the UN climate talks in Belém, it was unseasonably cold, just 7 degrees Celsius (44 d...

20 Nov 2025

British International Investment exceeds US$1 billion climate commitment in India

British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, today announced that it has exceeded its ambitious commitment to invest US$1 billion in clim...

19 Feb 2026

New RSPO-certified smallholder groups 2024

...smallholders will not be recognised. Similar to how carbon offsets work, RSPO credits are purchased by consumer goods brands to compensate for uncertified palm oil used in their products, allowing sma...

21 Nov 2024

Exploring ways for cocoa farmers to hand pollinate their crops could help offset crop losses resulting from climate changes, researchers suggest. Rising temperatures have substantially reduced cocoa p...

10 Mar 2025

Agri startups from Southeast Asia to pitch climate-smart solutions at SAFE Impact Showcase

Three early-stage enterprises from Laos, Timor-Leste, and the Philippines will present their community-driven, climate-smart agriculture solutions at the SAFE Impact Showcase on 3 October 2025. The e...

26 Sep 2025

Humanity has long learned to live with extreme weather. Much of the Netherlands would be under water were it not for centuries of ingenious adaptation to the constant threat of flooding. Likewise, anc...

5 Jan 2026

Deforestation in Indonesia for pulpwood plantations

...smallholders comply with the regulation have been "very minimal" to date. "Ideally the EU should not delay and have all the necessary elements, including support for smallholders, ready by next month....

3 Oct 2024

...smallholders often operate on the margins. Research has revealed these farmers often face hurdles such as limited access to finance, technology and markets. Government policies, while aiming to suppo...

20 Aug 2024

As 2025 draws to a close, one lesson stands out from a year of conflict, climate shocks and economic turbulence: food systems now sit on the frontline of social protection and global stability. When...

31 Dec 2025

Podcast on RSPO's new principles and criteria for certifying palm oil as environmentally and socially sustainable.

...smallholders struggle to comply with the regulation, because of the stringent traceability requirements. Tell us how RSPO is trying to include more smallholders in its certification scheme. Reflecting...

7 Nov 2024

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