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...smallholders such as Bashar and her family to grow nutritious produce to feed themselves, make a living and stay on their land are helping. Otherwise, 25 million people could migrate from coastal area...

29 Apr 2025

Mandala Capital secures Green Climate Fund approval to scale climate adaptation, transform food systems in South and Southeast Asia

Mandala Capital, a private equity fund investing in the agriculture and food sectors across South and Southeast Asia, announced today that the Green Climate Fund ("GCF") has officially approved the Ma...

31 Oct 2025

UN Food Systems Coordination Hub to spotlight food as security at COP30 and the World Social Summit

...smallholders, and consumers. The legitimacy of multilateralism depends on whether people see that cooperation delivers. Inclusive food systems can rebuild trust; exclusion will deepen cynicism. The t...

29 Oct 2025

Sheikh Sirajul Islam, a smallholder farmer in Bangladesh’s southwestern Satkhira district, sowed the wet-season aman rice in his four acres of land this August. He is hopeful for a good yield, he says...

10 Oct 2024

The tariffs announced on 2 April by United States President Donald Trump, which ranged from 10 per cent to a staggering 49 per cent on Asean Member States (AMS), have the potential to severely disrupt...

24 Apr 2025

...Smallholders are not ready for Europe's deforestation law Dr Musdhalifah Machmud said most smallholders are not EUDR-ready. Image: Agrofarm.co.id Though it is true that many smallholder farmers are...

10 Dec 2024

...smallholders are often left out. For many, these developments support claims that ESG regulations are a form of neo-colonialism or “regulatory imperialism”. The sense of injustice makes it easier to d...

7 Nov 2024

...smallholders, Puckle Hobbs suggested that banks use operational data such as readings from drainage pumps, or even environmental or social data, to get more accurate credit assessments of smallholder ...

3 Jul 2025

...smallholders it contracts are certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), that it trains these smallholders, and that it maintains a deforestation-free palm oil supply chain. However,...

10 Sep 2024

Musim Mas smallholder plantation harvest

...smallholders, with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) kicking in. Over the past decade, Musim Mas is among the world's biggest palm oil traders that has been repeatedly exposed to ille...

12 Sep 2024

Leading carbon market experts have criticised a proposed standard for carbon projects under the United Nations’ climate change body, which they say could exclude nature-based solutions from being reco...

8 Aug 2025

TRST01 and India Rubber Board launch iSNR initiative to transform global natural rubber trade

An alliance between TRST01 and the India Rubber Board is redefining sustainable commodity sourcing, positioning India at the forefront of ethical, traceable, and EUDR-compliant natural rubber producti...

10 Feb 2025

Women working on a palm oil plantation in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

...smallholders union. Image: CIFOR/Flickr Education and financial literacy A key barrier to women's rights being recognised is education. Most women smallholders have little more than a primary school ...

4 Mar 2024

Natural Rubber Supply Chain urges European Parliament not to amend essence of EUDR

Singapore, 13th November 2024: As Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) convene to vote on 14th November on the proposed amendments to the EUDR, the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Ru...

14 Nov 2024

...smallholders and larger producers), cooperatives, government bodies, R&D institutions, logistics providers and private investors. It could draw inspiration from other agro-hubs like the Netherland...

15 Aug 2025

...smallholders are the main growers. Landscape leadership on palm oil sustainability In Aceh Tamiang in nothern Sumatra, Indonesia, a multistakeholder landscape approach has effectively ended defores...

6 Jun 2024

19 million Filipinos to benefit from transport, health projects in Mindanao

At least nineteen million Filipinos are expected to benefit from two new projects approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, aimed at improving transport connectivity and health ...

10 Mar 2025

...smallholders struggle with compliance. This story highlights the crucial balance between sustainability and regulation, urging global support for smallholders. 9. The case for carbon offsets as interi...

11 Dec 2024

Green Climate Fund, UNEP boost climate adaptation with US$120 million for new projects

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over US$120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania. At the request of the three countries, the UN Env...

6 Jul 2025

Palm oil plantation Kalimantan Indonesia

...smallholders RSPO also believes that climate finance should start with smallholders, a view supported by many in the industry. Today, 40 per cent of the world’s total palm cultivation areas are manage...

9 Feb 2024

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