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News / Food & Agriculture

A new business model for palm oil?

...smallholders increase their productivity, "which is always lower than plantation-based enterprises," he notes. RSPO also has a fund in place to help smallholders to attain the sustainability certific...

16 Oct 2015

A new business model for palm oil?

News / Food & Agriculture

Better water use can cut global food gap

...smallholders,” he says. In theory, the gains could be massive, but the authors acknowledge that getting local people to adopt best practice remains a challenge. They have been careful to limit their e...

17 Feb 2016

Better water use can cut global food gap

News / Food & Agriculture

RM53 million allocated for oil palm smallholders to get certification

...smallholders would not encounter problems when selling their produce after getting the certification. "We want smallholders to gain recognition, but the cost of getting the MSPO is rather high. That i...

4 Aug 2015

RM53 million allocated for oil palm smallholders to get certification

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Climate change is more than a tech problem, so we need more than a tech solution

...smallholders to improve food security while increasing household income potential. Olivier De Schutter, a former U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, has argued that agroecological food produ...

21 Mar 2017

Climate change is more than a tech problem, so we need more than a tech solution

News / Carbon & Climate

Indonesian province declares emergency as forest fires flare

...smallholders to clear land, and were particularly bad in 2015 because of a prolonged dry season caused by the El Nino weather pattern. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged authorities to contain...

9 Mar 2016

Indonesian province declares emergency as forest fires flare

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Refugees and rural poverty

Development experts and policymakers understandably focus on migration to urban areas and the need for sustainable urbanization. But they should not lose sight of the dramatic changes happening in rur...

14 Sep 2016

Refugees and rural poverty

A farmer inspects his crops in a drought-stricken farm land.

News / Food & Agriculture

To fight climate change, invest in agriculture

In addition to reducing poverty and hunger, agriculture can play a crucial role in making the response to climate change responsible and more effective, Maria-Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-Genera...

27 Apr 2016

To fight climate change, invest in agriculture

News / Policy & Finance

Indonesian govt ministers at odds over peatland haze policies

Divisions have started to appear between Indonesian government ministries over how to tackle peatland fires that have caused choking smoke to spread across much of Southeast Asia. Indonesia and the wi...

20 Nov 2015

Indonesian govt ministers at odds over peatland haze policies

Opinion / Manufacturing

Conservation in palm oil is possible

Whereas most oil palm concessions are associated with the destruction of orangutan habitat, at least one company, PT KAL in West Kalimantan, stands out for protecting some 150 orangutans in its conces...

28 Nov 2016

Conservation in palm oil is possible

Fishermen and their corral net in the Philippines

News / Carbon & Climate

Disrupt your business model to take action on climate change

At the end of the 19th Century, people were concerned about a very different environmental issue than today – horse manure. There were projections about New York and London being buried in six feet of...

6 Dec 2016

Disrupt your business model to take action on climate change

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate change

While carbon pollution gets all the headlines for its role in climate change, nitrogen pollution is arguably a more challenging problem. Somehow we need to grow more food to feed an expanding populati...

5 Dec 2016

Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Ecosystem-based farming comes of age

...smallholders who grow the majority of the world's crops to be enabled to do so more efficiently and in ways that don't further increase humanity's ecological debt. Save and Grow is a broad-based appro...

21 Jan 2016

Ecosystem-based farming comes of age

Press Releases / Cargill Asia Pacific

Village communities strive for a sustainable, fire-free Indonesia

Cargill assists local communities to take ownership and responsibility for their environment and personal livelihoods Program supports Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry and Environment e...

15 Oct 2016

Village communities strive for a sustainable, fire-free Indonesia

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Why the foods of the future are a tasty prospect for business

What did you eat for breakfast today? For the time-poor worker it can be hard to grab a bite before heading out the door, even if your fridge is well stocked. We know that somewhere between a quarter ...

14 Oct 2016

Why the foods of the future are a tasty prospect for business

News / Policy & Finance

Riau emergency status to end as S. Sumatra pledges peat clampdown

...smallholders,” said Douglas Uggah Embas, Malaysia’s minister of plantations and commodities. Indonesia’s chief natural resources minister said last month he believed smallholder welfare was a priority...

25 Nov 2015

Riau emergency status to end as S. Sumatra pledges peat clampdown

Press Releases / Cargill Asia Pacific

Smallholder farmers achieve RSPO certification in Malaysia

...smallholders achieve RSPO certification. The goal of the program is to help an additional 100 independent smallholders in Malaysia meet RSPO sustainable palm oil production standards by the end of 20...

9 Apr 2015

Smallholder farmers achieve RSPO certification in Malaysia

News / Food & Agriculture

FAO and ILO working together to stamp out child labour in agriculture

...smallholders. The course covers all sectors: crops, livestock, forestry, and fisheries and aquaculture. Globally, nearly 60 per cent of all child labourers -- almost 100 million girls and boys -- wor...

13 Jun 2016

FAO and ILO working together to stamp out child labour in agriculture

News / Food & Agriculture

Big palm oil's pledge to preserve forests vexes Indonesia

...smallholders because they are not yet ready to practice the same level of sustainable forest practices as the big players, said Musdhalifah Machmud, deputy minister for food and agriculture at the coo...

8 Oct 2015

Big palm oil's pledge to preserve forests vexes Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI suspended from RSPO

...smallholders instead of trying to occupy their land for higher profit,” Wakker said. “It also needs to accept that consumers will not accept sustainability certificates on products that came from land...

28 Mar 2016

Malaysian palm oil giant IOI suspended from RSPO

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Small business solutions to a big problem

The world’s governments have committed to end deforestation by 2020 and many global companies are following suit by making their supply chains deforestation free. But what happens in areas where glob...

27 May 2016

Small business solutions to a big problem