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News / Policy & Finance

Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges

...smallholders, to improve their practices. Unilever, for example, announced in November it would develop a programme in Indonesia - the biggest grower of palm oil - with government-owned plantation com...

23 Apr 2014

Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

SMEs are making strides toward sustainable sourcing

An increasing number of smaller businesses are following in the footsteps of multinationals like Unilever by adopting sustainable sourcing strategies. The impact of climate change on crop yields is a ...

14 Aug 2014

SMEs are making strides toward sustainable sourcing

News / Food & Agriculture

Oil palm smallholders get financial aid for certification

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a non-profit promoting sustainable palm production, says it will give financial aid to smallholders seeking certification.Indonesia RSPO director Desi Ku...

8 May 2013

Oil palm smallholders get financial aid for certification

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Indonesia losing primary forest at unprecedented rates

...smallholders, such as by expanding agriculture onto already-degraded lands as opposed to pristine forest. Indonesia can also learn from other leaders in forest conservation. A few years ago, Brazil...

1 Jul 2014

Indonesia losing primary forest at unprecedented rates

News / Food & Agriculture

Monkey hordes threaten farmers’ livelihoods

Dozens of monkeys have descended the slopes of Mount Merapi in Central Java to ransack fields for food in the district of Klaten, leaving farmers facing the prospect of a failed crop. Hordes of monkey...

24 Jan 2014

Monkey hordes threaten farmers’ livelihoods

News / Carbon & Climate

Will climate change spark an Asian migrant crisis?

...smallholders, which help to keep the farmer's cows - and livelihoods - alive. Edes adds that affordable insurance is also important for community resilience. It prevents farmers from sliding into po...

2 Oct 2015

Will climate change spark an Asian migrant crisis?

News / Food & Agriculture

UN urges countries to boost action against banana disease

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention to tackle one of the world’s most destructive banana diseases, Fusarium ...

15 Apr 2014

UN urges countries to boost action against banana disease

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

It's time for a global landscape restoration revolution

The solution to the very visible global problems of deforestation, desertification and food scarcity may be hiding in plain sight: the transformative ability to restore degraded land to productive use...

29 Jul 2014

It's time for a global landscape restoration revolution

News / Food & Agriculture

Re-thinking investment in landscapes to aid sustainable development

...smallholders Population has more than trebled in Malawi over the past 50 years, taking its toll on forests as farmers search for new land, said Sosten Chiotha, regional program director with Leadershi...

18 Dec 2013

Re-thinking investment in landscapes to aid sustainable development

News / Food & Agriculture

More companies obtain sustainable certification

...smallholders and plasma plantation smallholders certified, the former will be funded by the government.The government-backed ISPO certification program was unveiled in late 2009 after consumer product...

22 Aug 2013

More companies obtain sustainable certification

News / Food & Agriculture

RSPO chief: Breaking the link between palm oil and deforestation

...smallholders who must now to get these national certifications may not find RSPO’s requirements too daunting. Making sustainable palm oil a global norm As the leader of the 20-strong RSPO team, Webber...

10 Dec 2014

RSPO chief: Breaking the link between palm oil and deforestation

Press Releases / Cargill Asia Pacific

Cargill reports on sustainable cocoa journey

...smallholders and measuring the real impacts of activities to ensure we continue to make a bigger difference.” About Cargill Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial product...

6 Jun 2014

Cargill reports on sustainable cocoa journey

News / Food & Agriculture

Climate change adds to East Africa’s food plight

...smallholders – to invest in such schemes is hard, with no spare cash available to spend on even small premiums. The study is a collaboration between IFPRI, the Consultative Group on International Agri...

20 Dec 2013

Climate change adds to East Africa’s food plight

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Corporate responsibility moving up Asian governments’ agenda: Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Bill

...smallholders slashing and burning”. Addressing questions from parliament, Minister for Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan stated that the root cause of the haze is commercial – big pl...

15 Apr 2014

Corporate responsibility moving up Asian governments’ agenda: Singapore’s Transboundary Haze Pollution Bill

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia to quit Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil grouping?

...smallholders via the Felda and Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority schemes.

26 Feb 2014

Malaysia to quit Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil grouping?

News / Carbon & Climate

How a remote Amazonian state is leading the way in climate change policy

...smallholders across the Amazon, it was the only way he could get new land to grow the staples of life: rice, beans and cassava. After a few years, the nutrients in those fields were exhausted – and he...

6 Nov 2013

How a remote Amazonian state is leading the way in climate change policy

News / Energy

Malaysian government to extend palm biodiesel program

...smallholders. He also said it was in tandem with the government’s policy to reduce dependency on fossil fuel and energy security. “This is also to promote Malaysia’s image as one of the leading countr...

24 Jul 2013

Malaysian government to extend palm biodiesel program

News / Food & Agriculture

Warsaw – Day 7: World ‘neglects climate impact on food’

...smallholders, for example through the International Fund for Agricultural Development. It’s about US$300 m – not a lot, but there’s something there. “Science does inform discussion at the COPs, but wh...

18 Nov 2013

Warsaw – Day 7: World ‘neglects climate impact on food’

News / Policy & Finance

Palm oil bashing a cause for concern

...Smallholders Malaysia (NASH) has urged French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to put a stop to anti-palm oil campaigns in France. Its president Datuk Aliasak Ambia said the campaigns were a major cau...

26 Jul 2013

Palm oil bashing a cause for concern

News / Corporate Responsibility

Study reports double-digit growth in market performance of 'eco-labels'

Private sector sourcing commitments are driving major market growth for sustainable commodities, according to the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2014 published by an alliance of inte...

3 Feb 2014

Study reports double-digit growth in market performance of 'eco-labels'