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Last month at COP26 in Glasgow, more than 100 countries pledged to reduce global methane emissions by 30 per cent by the end of the decade, compared to 2020 levels. If implemented in full, scientists ...

3 Dec 2021

palm oil farmer Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimtan, Indonesia

...smallholders is increasing faster than that of state-run and private plantation companies. A 2019 study by the Center for International Forestry (CIFOR) on smallholders in West and Central Kalimantan ...

29 Apr 2020

Bargaining Role Play on gender roles in agriculture in Saptari, Nepal.

...smallholders, however, often have low bargaining power because of gender norms and structural disadvantages such as lower literacy levels. In agriculture, this could limit women's ability to negotiate...

29 Dec 2020

Despite its low nutritional value, approximately 100 billion portions of instant noodles are eaten every year. But what if you could make this convenience food healthier, good for the planet and uplif...

5 Oct 2020

Indonesia has no effective mechanism for resolving its epidemic of land conflicts between rural communities and palm oil companies, according to a new study. Indonesia is the world’s top producer of p...

2 Dec 2021

...smallholders [who already have land] don’t have partners. So there’s no need to develop the 20 per cent plasma gardens — it’s enough for the companies to just partner with independent smallholders.” I...

14 May 2020

palm oil plantation in Batanghari, Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia

...smallholders, better law enforcement against illegal plantations and reviews of existing permits, said Bayunanda. "We believe that the moratorium has been an important first step and that it should co...

12 Aug 2021

Agricultural workers on their way to a plantation in Western Kalimantan. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

...smallholders have received little or no government aid to cope with the impact of coronavirus beyond electricity subsidies, noted Aida Greenbury, an advisor for palm oil farmers union Serikat Petani K...

27 Apr 2020

...smallholders out of hunger and poverty, in practice it was a war on smallholders across the world, orchestrated over half a century by companies in Western Europe and the United States. Temasek’s choi...

11 Oct 2020

World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Singapore-based global media relations manager Lotika Mehta is moving to a role with IKEA in Europe. She joins the Swedish homeware company's philanthropic arm, IKEA...

12 Oct 2020

...smallholders understand the product features and payment conditions. This can help to avoid misplaced expectations. In a diverse community of smallholders, some people, including those who are illiter...

14 May 2020

Forest fires in Indonesia that produce dangerous air pollution that affects much of Southeast Asia are more likely this year amid warmer, drier climatic conditions, according to experts. The haze is a...

10 Mar 2021

It’s been three years since the forest was shorn from the hillside to make way for plantation. And yet Prum Ya only received permission this year to begin planting mango trees on 20 hectares of these ...

14 Dec 2021

...smallholders’ income if they or their families contract the virus, and not all smallholders have access to medical facilities. Katie Major, conservation psychologist, Global Alliance for Sustainable P...

9 Apr 2020

Agricultural companies risk having stranded assets as the world responds to the climate crisis but large, vertically integrated palm oil players like Sime Darby, Wilmar and Golden Agri Resources are w...

23 Dec 2020

...smallholders also benefitted from the biodiesel programme as it ensured long term domestic demand for palm oil. This in turn helps to stabilise the price of palm oil while ensuring that smallholders c...

2 Jul 2020

...smallholders towards sustainable practices? Is certification out of reach for smallholders? How has RSPO's new standard for smallholders affected the market? What a sustainable future look like for s...

30 Oct 2019

&Green Fund makes palm oil sector investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk

PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk. (“DSNG”) has signed a US$ 30.0 million 10-year loan facility from Stichting andgreen.fund (“&Green”), a globally-focused impact investment fu...

9 Jun 2020

Global rainforest loss 'relentless' in 2020, but SE Asia offers hope

...smallholders on the margins. Also, the forest may not be managed so it's just degrading over time. So it's not always easy to understand whether a forest is 100 per cent protected already. Yayasan Kon...

7 Apr 2022

...smallholders and marginalised people. The breadth of topics illustrates just how complex a task the shift to sustainable agri-food systems will be. "Agri-food systems lie at the heart of sustainable d...

17 May 2021

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