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Food & Agriculture
Getting our act together: Sustainability in the Malaysian palm oil industry
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smallholders
, such as improved working conditions and a better way of life: Image: Solidaridad It is therefore essential that we make the right decision: that is, forego the misperception that respon...
14 Mar 2014
Getting our act together: Sustainability in the Malaysian palm oil industry
News /
Food & Agriculture
Keresa Plantations grows on RSPO practices, smallholder co-operatives
...
smallholders
, Kumaran said, “Currently, Keresa Plantations has formed Keresa
Smallholders
Group Scheme (KSGS). In the master plan, we have planned to attract all
smallholders
that sending FFB to KMSB ...
3 May 2012
Keresa Plantations grows on RSPO practices, smallholder co-operatives
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
Fire and haze in Riau: Looking beyond the hotspots
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smallholders
’, as has also been observed by the World Agroforestry Centre. Clearly, we don’t have the full picture of these investment trends – who is behind them, to what extent the investments are l...
23 Sep 2013
Fire and haze in Riau: Looking beyond the hotspots
News /
Carbon & Climate
Haze hits hazardous levels, Singapore and Indonesia at war of words
The haze in Singapore reached hazardous levels on Thursday afternoon, with the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) hitting a new record of 371 at 1pm. Visibility was poor in most parts of the island and t...
20 Jun 2013
Haze hits hazardous levels, Singapore and Indonesia at war of words
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Feeding the world with a mix of science and tradition
The biotech industry has long sought legitimacy by claiming that its genetically modified crop technologies are “feeding the world”. However this relentless focus on increasing food production ignores...
11 Jul 2013
Feeding the world with a mix of science and tradition
News /
Carbon & Climate
Slash-and-burn a way of life on Indonesia's Sumatra
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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
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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 /
Policy & Finance
UNEP, IFAD launch joint policy on sustainable agriculture
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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 /
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
Malaysia, Indonesia refute EPA report on palm oil-based biofuels
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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
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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
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Water
Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice
EB Studio
As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much …
Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice
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Water
‘Rivers do not stop at political boundaries’: Bhutan’s Princess on forests, water and Himalayan cooperation
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Bhutan’s decades-long conservation efforts, bolstered by Restore Bhutan’s goal of bringing 50,000 hectares of degraded landscapes back to …
‘Rivers do not stop at political boundaries’: Bhutan’s Princess on forests, water and Himalayan cooperation
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Energy
Türkiye seeks global backing for ‘climate responsible AI’ at COP31
The voluntary Antalya Pledge asks governments and companies to disclose data centre energy use and shift to renewables, …
Türkiye seeks global backing for 'climate responsible AI' at COP31
News /
Energy
China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?
The region must strengthen grids and clean energy capacity to incorporate AI for efficiency, experts say. But in …
China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
China’s electrification lead shows Asia why clean power alone is not enough
China’s experience shows that renewable generation, grid investment and flexible business demand must develop together for electrification to …
China’s electrification lead shows Asia why clean power alone is not enough
News /
Carbon & Climate
Record ocean heat persists for 100 days as El Niño intensifies
Data indicates that the global ocean sustained 100 consecutive days of record heat between 2 June and 10 …
Record ocean heat persists for 100 days as El Niño intensifies
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