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Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Covid-19 has sparked a food loss crisis. Here are 3 ways to tackle it

With the novel coronavirus wreaking havoc around the globe, just about every nation faces major issues with its food supply. While a potentially devastating food security crisis looms, a food loss cri...

27 May 2020

Covid-19 has sparked a food loss crisis. Here are 3 ways to tackle it

News / Food & Agriculture

How apps, AI and solar-powered cold rooms are driving sustainable agriculture

When Prateek Singhal and two friends devised a solar pump to help Indian farmers tap water from wells to irrigate their crops, they were ecstatic. But they soon noticed that the growth in farmers’ in...

13 Aug 2019

How apps, AI and solar-powered cold rooms are driving sustainable agriculture

Farmer working on a rice field in Bali, Indonesia.

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia’s food estate programme to expand new plantations in forest frontiers

The Indonesian government is doubling down on a plan to establish large-scale agricultural plantations across the country, in a move that threatens widespread deforestation and the disenfranchisement ...

7 Oct 2020

Indonesia’s food estate programme to expand new plantations in forest frontiers

Press Releases / Rabobank

Rabobank unveils 15 food & agriculture start-up finalists for FoodBytes! Pitch 2020

One Singapore Startup makes it to the FoodBytes! Pitch Top 15 finalists will showcase their innovations at the FoodBytes! virtual pitch competition December 2 Rabobank revealed the 15 food and agri...

12 Nov 2020

Rabobank unveils 15 food & agriculture start-up finalists for FoodBytes! Pitch 2020

News / Food & Agriculture

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

...smallholders growing diversified crops. “This crisis has to be a wakeup call for the government that hasn’t carried out agrarian reform,” Dewi said. “[The president] asked farmers to remain harvesting...

21 May 2020

Will Indonesia’s new rice plan be a repeat of an epic past failure?

News / Carbon & Climate

As fog clears on benefits of forest protection, excuses for failure wear thin

...Smallholders Union (SPKS), a cooperative of around 48,000 small farmers. SPKS head Mansuetus Darto said he hoped the enhanced model of conservation would help producers receive higher prices. "It is a...

13 Jul 2020

As fog clears on benefits of forest protection, excuses for failure wear thin

News / Policy & Finance

Millions of small Asian farmers miss out on seeds resilient to climate change—study

...smallholders access more resilient seeds, Verhagen said, such as Thailand-based East-West Seed which topped the index ahead of global giants Bayer and Syngenta, which ranked second and third. East-Wes...

13 Nov 2018

Millions of small Asian farmers miss out on seeds resilient to climate change—study

News / Food & Agriculture

Nutrition must remain a priority even amid a recession, experts urge

The impact of Covid-19 on global food supply chains and access to food has been vast. Lockdowns imposed by many governments to control the outbreak have also caused many businesses—in some cases, enti...

6 Jul 2020

Nutrition must remain a priority even amid a recession, experts urge

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Transforming food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctions

...smallholders in developing countries. Greater investments are needed in research and development of technologies and practices that promote sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture, such as remot...

14 May 2019

Transforming food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctions

News / Carbon & Climate

Nature losses threaten emerging economies

More than half of worldwide GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature, putting biodiversity loss among the top five risks to the global economy, according to a report presented at the World Econ...

22 Jan 2020

Nature losses threaten emerging economies

News / Food & Agriculture

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

...smallholders, but that could come with a cost. "It’s [Blockchain] not free, and that could prove a barrier to smallholders. Any new system has to be right-sized for smallholders. We should be in the b...

13 Feb 2019

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

News / Food & Agriculture

Covid-19 and meat plants in Asia: A contrast in fortunes to the United States?

...smallholders in the livestock sector is yet to be assessed.

22 May 2020

Covid-19 and meat plants in Asia: A contrast in fortunes to the United States?

Moray McLeish, vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, Olam International.

News / Corporate Responsibility

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

Moray McLeish, the vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, for Singapore-listed agribusiness company Olam, has been in the sustainability game for 25 years, and is rare in...

17 Apr 2020

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

News / Carbon & Climate

Famous brands ‘turning blind eye’ to deforestation caused by demand for soy, beef and other commodities

...smallholders in supply chains. Astra International is a conglomerate with interests in the automotive, financial and other business segments. It is a subsidiary of Singapore-listed, Hong Kong-headquar...

13 Feb 2020

Famous brands ‘turning blind eye’ to deforestation caused by demand for soy, beef and other commodities

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesia’s anti-graft agency ‘eager to intervene’ in palm oil sector

...smallholders,” according to the KPK. That contradicts a widely circulated figure that 40 per cent of the country’s oil palm belongs to smallholders. The Indonesian government considers any plantation ...

25 Oct 2018

Indonesia’s anti-graft agency ‘eager to intervene’ in palm oil sector

News / Policy & Finance

IFC has sunk US$1.8 billion into factory farming operations since 2010

The World Bank’s private investment arm has channeled more than $1.8 billion into major livestock and factory farming operations across the world over the past decade, despite calls for the global red...

8 Jul 2020

IFC has sunk US$1.8 billion into factory farming operations since 2010

Press Releases / Rabobank

India’s Ecozen wins inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia

...smallholders. “One of the main objectives of the Rabobank Food Loss Challenge was to connect start-ups to investors, users and other stakeholders to stimulate cooperation between them – a...

19 Nov 2018

India’s Ecozen wins inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia

Press Releases / The Rainforest Alliance

Ag-Tech Developer Challenge launches

Calling Remote-Sensing, AI and UAV* Companies to Support Cocoa Farmers Globally. February 4th, 2019 – LONDON - Smallholder farmers produce the majority of the world’s cocoa. While demand ...

7 Feb 2019

Ag-Tech Developer Challenge launches

Videos / Food & Agriculture

Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?

Oil palm plantations in the state of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo can lose millions from damaged crops due to elephant raids, while smallholder farmers can lose their livelihoods overnight to an elephant h...

6 May 2019

Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Much of Asia still goes to bed unfed

Despite repeatedly faltering on the targets to reduce hunger, the global community renewed its pledge in 2015 to build a hunger-free world by 2030. Ironically, the number of food-insecure people has b...

28 Oct 2019

Much of Asia still goes to bed unfed

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