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Research / UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok

Smallholders, food security, and the environment

Smallholders, food security, and the environment There are 1.4 billion poor people living on less than US$1.25 a day. One billion of them live in rural areas where agriculture is their main source of...

6 Jun 2013

Smallholders, food security, and the environment

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

A quiet transformation in climate change

It is estimated that the impact of climate change already reduces global GDP by 1.6 per cent every year. The Global Commission on Economy and Climate has noted that as temperatures warm towards a 2°C ...

24 Sep 2014

A quiet transformation in climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Smallholder farmers key to new agricultural revolution

...Smallholders, Food Security and the Environment details the crucial role smallholder farmers play in the global scale. Smallholder farmers are farmers with small farms, operating roughly two hectares ...

6 Jun 2013

Smallholder farmers key to new agricultural revolution

News / Carbon & Climate

Smallholder farmers in Cameroon nearly ready for REDD+ — with a bit of help

A recent study of two villages in Cameroon indicates that small farmers there are not far from having the capacity to make REDD+ projects work in their communities. As the links between agriculture an...

18 Nov 2013

Smallholder farmers in Cameroon nearly ready for REDD+ — with a bit of help

News / Food & Agriculture

RSPO: The road ahead for palm oil

...smallholders groups from Indonesia and Malaysia, providing funding to a Dutch NGO under its RSPO Smallholders Support Fund that helps small-scale farmers increase the production of certified sustainab...

15 Jan 2014

RSPO: The road ahead for palm oil

Smallholder farmer in palm oil plantation

News / Food & Agriculture

‘No single silver bullet’ to address palm oil sustainability: experts

Major stakeholder groups in the palm oil sector found some common ground and issued a set of recommendations to improve the sector at the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development in Singa...

27 Nov 2013

‘No single silver bullet’ to address palm oil sustainability: experts

News / Food & Agriculture

UN Global Compact launches six principles for sustainable food industry

...smallholders and small-and-medium enterprises. “ We welcome all farmers and agribusinesses – regardless of size, crop or location – to make this principle-based commitment and show their overall ori...

15 May 2014

UN Global Compact launches six principles for sustainable food industry

News / Food & Agriculture

New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'

...smallholders and rural workers move to the city to seek better wages and lifestyles”. This means the industry has to provide smallholders and growers better benefits, such as helping them to achieve h...

25 Feb 2014

New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'

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