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Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Can palm oil become a sustainable investment?

Economically, palm oil could easily be considered a good investment. The industry has grown steadily over the last two decades, with demand consistently outstripping supply, to become the world’s most...

24 Mar 2021

Can palm oil become a sustainable investment?

Videos / Food & Agriculture

Combining old knowledge and new ideas in fishing in Kalimantan

Every morning after his prayers and breakfast, fish farmer Ipong has a huddle with his fellow fishermen, discussing new ideas to improve the farm. Ipong and his team started the farm in Kalimantan's ...

4 Feb 2020

Combining old knowledge and new ideas in fishing in Kalimantan

Forests cleared for palm oil cultivation.

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil giant Wilmar quits High Carbon Stock Approach citing governance issues

...smallholders and local communities. "Now it’s definitely not the time to quit, especially since many companies are reported to have backtracked their no-deforestation commitments. It’s time to support...

3 Apr 2020

Palm oil giant Wilmar quits High Carbon Stock Approach citing governance issues

Press Releases / ZSL (Zoological Society of London)

Unsustainable natural rubber poses major threat to wildlife and people

...smallholders, it’s important for companies to not only focus on the sustainability of their own operations, but also support all their suppliers – including smallholders. Though a good por...

2 Dec 2019

Unsustainable natural rubber poses major threat to wildlife and people

News / Corporate Responsibility

Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation, new report finds

...smallholders, and only 20 per cent said they discuss legal requirements and company policy compliance with their suppliers. These results are particularly disconcerting, said Ardnt, “given the importa...

3 Sep 2020

Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation, new report finds

News / Food & Agriculture

Peatland on fire as burning season starts anew in Indonesia

...smallholders for setting the fires. He then also claimed that there was a political angle to the arson, linking the burning to the elections that took place in April. Low-tech prevention over high-tec...

17 Mar 2021

Peatland on fire as burning season starts anew in Indonesia

Press Releases / USAID Green Invest Asia

USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future

...smallholders farmers even more effectively. rabofoundation@rabobank.nl | www.rabobankfoundation.com About USAID Green Invest Asia Launched in 2018, USAID Green Invest Asia is a platform lever...

19 Nov 2019

USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future

Press Releases / Rabobank

Rabobank launches SustainableAg Asia Challenge for Agtech companies

...smallholders, we are excited to be involved in the Challenge again. Smallholder farmers lack mostly access to finance and knowledge. Data-driven technology enables smallholder farmers to get more insi...

2 Aug 2019

Rabobank launches SustainableAg Asia Challenge for Agtech companies

Press Releases / ID Capital Pte Ltd

FluroSat from Australia wins Future Food Asia 2020

Announcing the winner of the USD 100,000 Future Food Asia 2020 Award, the two winners of the Bühler and Givaudan Plant Protein Award, and the winner of the Corteva Agriscience Prize for Food Resi...

1 Oct 2020

FluroSat from Australia wins Future Food Asia 2020

News / Food & Agriculture

Can better traceability brew up a sustainable recipe for coffee?

...smallholders managing only one or two hectares of land, with many intermediaries, including exporters and roasters, making up the rest of the value chain,” he said. “The coffee industry has become ver...

9 Apr 2020

Can better traceability brew up a sustainable recipe for coffee?

Batik Sembilan community in Harapan forest, Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia approves coal road project through highly biodiverse forest

On a sunny day in March, six teenagers have their hands full planting seedlings in a patch of burned forest in Sumatra. “This was our first time planting trees right in a forest,” said Rifai, 14. The ...

15 Jul 2020

Indonesia approves coal road project through highly biodiverse forest

News / Food & Agriculture

Stingless bee honey discovery could create conservation-friendly business opportunities in Asia Pacific

...smallholders that can keep them out of poverty when prices of the commodities are low. He was not involved in the University of Queensland study. Stingless bee honey can cost up to RM800 per kg after ...

12 Aug 2020

Stingless bee honey discovery could create conservation-friendly business opportunities in Asia Pacific

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

There's no time, or food, to waste

...smallholders and is responsible for 16 per cent of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. That makes the announcement an important contribution toward the intervention focused on targeting hots...

12 Nov 2019

There's no time, or food, to waste

Press Releases / Fairtrade

More dough for cocoa farmers

Ice cream icon Ben & Jerry’s pioneers holistic approach to living incomes for cocoa farmers, in partnership with Fairtrade 18th November United Kingdom/United States. Cocoa farmers in Cote ...

18 Nov 2020

More dough for cocoa farmers

Press Releases / Olam International

Olam urges international brands to adopt new rice eco-label to allow consumers to support farmers

...smallholders, who earn on average US$2 to US$7 per day from rice 3. Irrigated rice cultivation uses 30-40 per cent of the world’s freshwater and is responsible for 10 per cent of glo...

23 Sep 2020

Olam urges international brands to adopt new rice eco-label to allow consumers to support farmers

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia

...smallholders depend on this essential commodity for their livelihood, employment and income, leading many to question whether there is a way to balance the scale and production of palm oil sustainably...

22 Sep 2020

India can stop palm oil deforestation in Southeast Asia

Haze over Singapore's skyline, September 2019

News / Food & Agriculture

As the worst haze since 2015 chokes Southeast Asia, are Big Agri's fire prevention efforts working?

...Smallholders take the heat This year's haze, which began in earnest in July, has mainly been caused by smallholder farmers using fire to expand their plantations, suggested Carolyn Lim, senior manager...

18 Sep 2019

As the worst haze since 2015 chokes Southeast Asia, are Big Agri's fire prevention efforts working?

News / Food & Agriculture

Pioneering sustainable palm oil in India

Arokia Samy owns a small eatery in southern India’s Chennai and uses a lot of palm oil. He buys it at around INR 90 (US$ 1.22) a litre from the market and chooses it over other cooking oils because it...

10 Feb 2021

Pioneering sustainable palm oil in India

News / Food & Agriculture

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

...smallholders get access to training, supply chain intelligence, traceability and financing. According to him, this could strengthen their role in the global production of food, and help lift them out ...

3 Apr 2019

How can digitalisation ease the plight of Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers?

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News / Corporate Responsibility

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

Uwe Bergmann, director of sustainability management for Henkel, the €19.9 billion (US$22 billion) German consumer goods and chemicals multinational famous for brands such as Persil, Loctite, and Schwa...

4 Mar 2020

Plastic and palm oil problems: How will consumer goods giant Henkel hit its sustainability targets?

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