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Slash-and-burn a way of life on Indonesia's Sumatra

...smallholders suggests that blame is widely spread, even if big companies often buy the palm oil fruit produced on the smaller, private farms. Small farmers clearing their own land, people paid to quie...

5 Jul 2013

Slash-and-burn a way of life on Indonesia's Sumatra

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Learning from African farmers: How “re-greening” boosts food security; curbs climate change

President Obama is in Africa this week to discuss development, investment, health, and, notably, food security. The trip comes on the heels of the president’s groundbreaking announcement of a U.S. Cli...

19 Jul 2013

Learning from African farmers: How “re-greening” boosts food security; curbs climate change

News / Food & Agriculture

Green activists sound warning on foreign investments in oil palm estates

Environmental activists have responded with alarm to new data showing Indonesia has the third-biggest area of land in the world given over to foreign control since 2000, warning of dire implications t...

17 Jun 2013

Green activists sound warning on foreign investments in oil palm estates

News / Energy

Biomass a benefit to rural Cambodia

...smallholders to take advantage of growing biofuel markets.”

25 Sep 2012

Biomass a benefit to rural Cambodia

Press Releases / Eco-Business

World Water Day 2012: Water and food security, two sides of the same coin

The following statement was released by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for World Water Day 2012. There are many compelling facts and figures about the outlook for food se...

22 Mar 2012

World Water Day 2012: Water and food security, two sides of the same coin

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Food security must be on the table at Rio+20: Joint opinion article by the heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity

They struggle to make crops grow in the parched earth. They watch in despair as their seedlings and livestock are washed away by flash floods. They stand quietly in the markets and watch others buy fo...

21 Jun 2012

Food security must be on the table at Rio+20: Joint opinion article by the heads of FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity

News / Food & Agriculture

Cambodia’s largest MFI boosts green farming loans

Cambodian microfinance institution PRASAC says it is bolstering its green credentials by increasing loans for eco-friendly farming methods in the kingdom. Speaking at the the Asia-Pacific Rural and Ag...

1 Jun 2012

Cambodia’s largest MFI boosts green farming loans

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Researchers, farmers and policy makers to collaborate on “massive” climate adaptation challenge for South Asia

Today, recognizing the knowledge gap between the existing evidence of climate change and adaptation on the ground, researchers in Asia launched a novel learning platform to improve agricultural resili...

24 Apr 2012

Researchers, farmers and policy makers to collaborate on “massive” climate adaptation challenge for South Asia

Press Releases / Eco-Business

West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off

An Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid Papuan tribal landowners as little as US$0.65 per hectare for their forestland, the Environmental Investigation Agency (...

17 May 2012

West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off

News / Food & Agriculture

Cocoa growers target global market

Viet Nam hopes to become a major supplier of cocoa beans in the world market, with production of 50,000 tonnes of fermented beans by 2020. It plans to have 50,000ha under cocoa cultivation, of which 4...

18 Jun 2012

Cocoa growers target global market

News / Food & Agriculture

The secrets of palm oil: a Q & A with food expert Kurt Berger

Palm oil is a widely-used commodity across the globe, especially in Asia Pacific. Major producers of palm oil include Malaysia and Indonesia, where a range of businesses from smallholder farmers to bi...

26 Feb 2013

The secrets of palm oil: a Q & A with food expert Kurt Berger

News / Policy & Finance

UNEP, IFAD launch joint policy on sustainable agriculture

...smallholders. IFAD and UNEP argue that focusing aid and investment on the 500 million smallholdings interspersed throughout developing countries will address poverty and natural resource issues at ...

3 Jun 2011

UNEP, IFAD launch joint policy on sustainable agriculture

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia, Indonesia refute EPA report on palm oil-based biofuels

...smallholders as well as alleviate poverty in rural areas. US-Malaysia bilateral trade in 2011 was at US$36.9 billion (RM113.496 billion), while US-Indonesia trade was US$27 billion (RM83.045 billion)....

23 Mar 2012

Malaysia, Indonesia refute EPA report on palm oil-based biofuels

News / Water

Driving change in water use amongst India's cotton farmers

In India, there are over 4 million smallholder farmers who produce cotton on less than one hectare, many of whom run up huge debts to purchase pesticides and fertilisers in order to protect their c...

18 Jul 2012

Driving change in water use amongst India's cotton farmers

News / Carbon & Climate

Ministry to rehabilitate 500 thousand hectares of forest

...smallholders timber estate (HTR) on a 500,000 hectares of land. A further 500,000 hectares would be developed as societal forest and village forest with another 50,000 hectares of smallholders partner...

18 Jun 2011

Ministry to rehabilitate 500 thousand hectares of forest

News / Food & Agriculture

Forests, potential solution in the fight against hunger

The role of forests in providing timber and other wood products must not overshadow their important contribution to feeding many of the world's poorest communities, a group of international forest org...

26 Oct 2011

Forests, potential solution in the fight against hunger

News / Carbon & Climate

Central Kalimantan may complete provincial REDD+ strategy in 2 months

...smallholders in one village or several villages” into one project, he said. In December last year, the Indonesian government selected Central Kalimantan as a pilot province for REDD+ under an agreemen...

19 Jul 2011

Central Kalimantan may complete provincial REDD+ strategy in 2 months

News / Food & Agriculture

Sustainable palm oil body to release inaugural Growth Interpretation Narrative this week

...smallholders and new frontiers,” he added. Malaysia for example, is the largest grower of RSPO certified products. To date, it has 72 mills certified, a production area of 534,861 ha, 2.69 million ton...

5 Mar 2012

Sustainable palm oil body to release inaugural Growth Interpretation Narrative this week

News / Policy & Finance

Malaysia to send reps for Aussie palm oil bill panel hearing

...smallholders represented 40% of the industry, which meant if this commodity should be labelled as something unsafe to consume, it would affect the source of livelihood for a lot of people in Malaysia....

8 Aug 2011

Malaysia to send reps for Aussie palm oil bill panel hearing

News / Food & Agriculture

FAO stresses hunger eradication for ensuring sustainable development

...smallholders and income generation opportunities with the strengthening of safety nets, cash for work and cash transfer programmes that contribute to strengthening of local production and consumption ...

31 May 2012

FAO stresses hunger eradication for ensuring sustainable development

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