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preecha smallholder oil palm farmer in Thailand

News / Food & Agriculture

As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure

...smallholders who are involved in this case of land conflict in a protected area. Pru Kaching was declared a National Reserve Forest in 1965, under the control of Thailand’s Royal Forest Department. Th...

27 Mar 2017

As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Food security's social network

In 2015, when the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals were officially adopted, the clock began ticking on an ambitious goal: ending global hunger by 2030. At the time, that target seemed achi...

21 Mar 2018

Food security's social network

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil

...smallholders are the latest victims of the push into the relatively pristine forests of Central Sulawesi—and the island of Sulawesi in general—by a palm oil industry that has largely depleted the fore...

6 Jun 2018

Indonesian farmers pay the price for politics in palm oil

News / Food & Agriculture

What is sustainable palm oil?

...smallholders improve their yields and incomes, as well as to help them access new markets. To help smallholders access the certification without the costs, RSPO puts 10 per cent of the profits from CS...

23 Mar 2017

What is sustainable palm oil?

News / Food & Agriculture

Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns

A new United Nations report warns that a third of the planet’s land is now severely degraded thanks to a doubling in the consumption of natural resources over the past 30 years. Some 15 billion trees ...

13 Sep 2017

Much of the planet’s land severely degraded owing to increased consumption, UN warns

News / Food & Agriculture

Increasing food production without damaging the environment

To achieve sustainable development we must transform current agriculture and food systems, including by supporting smallholders and family farmers, reducing pesticide and chemical use, and improving l...

14 Jun 2017

Increasing food production without damaging the environment

Loose palm oil fruit on the estate of PT AMNL, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Could the palm oil industry’s most productive seeds end deforestation?

...smallholders that supply GAR. Smallholder farmers are reputed to produce the lowest yields, and are most commonly blamed for starting fires to clear land for planting. Daud Dharsono, president directo...

26 May 2017

Could the palm oil industry’s most productive seeds end deforestation?

News / Food & Agriculture

Colombian palm oil firm takes RSPO certification to the next level

...smallholders.” Daabon, which has four palm oil estates in Northern Colombia spanning almost 10,000 hectares, has had all of its palm oil certified according to RSPO's baseline requirements since 2010....

2 May 2017

Colombian palm oil firm takes RSPO certification to the next level

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Bridging the two worlds of carbon forestry

...smallholders and communities to global markets while protecting and providing environmental services is one example of this. My adventures have immersed me in these two contrasting worlds. I have crun...

10 Apr 2017

Bridging the two worlds of carbon forestry

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Here comes the sun: solar technology for agriculture

Solar energy technology is not new and has been used in a wide variety of ways, from providing energy through microgrids in remote areas, to solar powered cars and cell phone chargers. Solar has also ...

30 Apr 2018

Here comes the sun: solar technology for agriculture

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam

...smallholders, many of whom had farmed the delta for generations, would tell us that things were changing and their livelihoods would soon be untenable. In 2015-2016 disaster struck with the worst drou...

11 Jan 2018

Climate change is triggering a migrant crisis in Vietnam

drainage canals in palm oil plantation, dompas riau

News / Food & Agriculture

Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground

...smallholders.” The hope is that having one set of guidelines agreed upon by industry and civil society will finally provide the necessary tools to clean up the global palm oil supply chain. “With the ...

11 May 2017

Industry-NGO coalition releases toolkit for making ‘No Deforestation’ commitments a reality on the ground

Press Releases / Cargill Asia Pacific

Cargill receives first RSPO certification for Poliplant plantation

...smallholders. John Hartmann, chief executive officer, Cargill Tropical Palm Holdings Pte Ltd, said,“The well-being of the neighboring village communities, our employees and the environment are ...

15 Oct 2016

Cargill receives first RSPO certification for Poliplant plantation

News / Policy & Finance

How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals can quietly change global business

In 2006, the anti-poverty group World Vision launched a massive effort to help people in the Ethiopian district of Wolaita Sodo protect themselves from droughts. Ten years on, the project has been a s...

31 Jul 2017

How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals can quietly change global business

Videos / Carbon & Climate

Can Indonesia stay haze free?

...smallholders (or "taking from the rich and giving it to the poor"), rather it is a plan to fairly distribute Indonesia's vast natural resources. BKPM was recently in the news for approving a plan to i...

28 Jun 2017

Can Indonesia stay haze free?

News / Corporate Responsibility

How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'

When UK retailer Marks & Spencer launched its ambitious sustainability strategy in early 2007, it dubbed the strategy “Plan A” to remind us that we have just one planet, so there is no Plan B. Pla...

23 Jun 2017

How Marks & Spencer is helping to build a global 'sustainability tribe'

News / Food & Agriculture

Mounting protest over new Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on

...Smallholders Union (SPKS) sued its management body, claiming the fund has only been used to benefit large companies.) Of the financial measures offered in the palm oil bill, Gadjah Mada University pro...

26 Jul 2017

Mounting protest over new Indonesian palm oil bill as legislators press on

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Delivering better livelihoods for smallholder farmers

In recent years, Olam has made extensive progress under its Livelihood Charter, which was launched in 2010 and aims to support smallholders in our supply chain. But smallholder productivity across Af...

9 Aug 2016

Delivering better livelihoods for smallholder farmers

eFishery set up at a fish pond in Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

How technology is making farming and recycling sexy in Asia

Technology is giving traditional industries such as agriculture and waste management a much-needed update as the world teeters on the edge of the fourth industrial revolution. While developed nations...

19 Jun 2017

How technology is making farming and recycling sexy in Asia

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate change threatens agricultural trade in Pacific Rim economies, UN agency warns

With global warming expected to significantly impact future yields in countries located closer to the equator, the United Nations agriculture agency is calling on Asia-Pacific economies to take a lead...

26 Aug 2017

Climate change threatens agricultural trade in Pacific Rim economies, UN agency warns

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