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In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

For years, Indian farmer Chape Hanumaiya struggled to grow anything on his tiny plot of land—it was caked in the thick, red dust drifting from the iron ore mines that surrounded it. But today, Hanumai...

22 Sep 2021

In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020

...smallholders. Although most refiners and traders have made commitments to eliminate NDPE risks from their supply chains, it is unrealistic to expect full NDPE compliance before 2025 or sooner, because...

23 Nov 2020

Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020

Press Releases / Pinduoduo

Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition

Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD), China Agricultural University and Zhejiang University jointly announced the launch of the 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition, an agricultural technology competition with the ai...

10 Aug 2021

Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition

News / Carbon & Climate

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

Nature was given prominence at the UN COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. It was the focus of the first major announcement at the world leaders’ summit which opened the talks, when more than 130 countries...

11 Jan 2022

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

News / Food & Agriculture

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

...smallholders To help smallholders make the transition to more sustainable natural rubber cultivation, which includes paying workers fair wages, clearing land without burning it, and using fewer chemi...

15 Apr 2020

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

News / Carbon & Climate

Why India is neglecting its methane problem

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

Why India is neglecting its methane problem

palm oil farmer Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimtan, Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

...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

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

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

News / Food & Agriculture

Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture

...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

Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture

News / Food & Agriculture

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

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

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

News / Food & Agriculture

Lack of resolution mechanisms result to palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia

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

Lack of resolution mechanisms result to palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

...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

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

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

News / Food & Agriculture

To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever

...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

To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever

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

News / Food & Agriculture

As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?

...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

As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

...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

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

News / Corporate Responsibility

WWF global media relations manager Lotika Mehta joins IKEA Foundation

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

WWF global media relations manager Lotika Mehta joins IKEA Foundation

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Amidst food system shocks, we must ensure weather index insurance reaches the most vulnerable

...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

Amidst food system shocks, we must ensure weather index insurance reaches the most vulnerable

News / Food & Agriculture

The haze is likely to hit Southeast Asia early in 2021—is climate change to blame?

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

The haze is likely to hit Southeast Asia early in 2021—is climate change to blame?

News / Food & Agriculture

Mango exports boom in Cambodia, but farmers face challenges

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

Mango exports boom in Cambodia, but farmers face challenges

News / Food & Agriculture

Coronavirus thumps palm oil demand

...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

Coronavirus thumps palm oil demand

News / Food & Agriculture

Economic growth based on forest conversion has ‘no future’

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

Economic growth based on forest conversion has ‘no future’

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