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Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Food + energy = crisis?
...
smallholders
are only a fraction of those possible under modern intensive farming conditions. “ So, to feed 11 billion people without destroying nature, we must intensify farming. But because intensi...
4 Apr 2014
Food + energy = crisis?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
The family farming revolution
...
smallholders
and medium scale farmers, peasants, indigenous peoples, traditional communities, fisher folk, pastoralists, collectors and many others. Much of the world’s experience in sustainable farmi...
13 Jan 2014
The family farming revolution
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Assured mutual dependence
LONDON – During the Cold War, the certainty of “mutually assured destruction” steered the nuclear arms race away from catastrophe: a would-be attacker would face immediate retaliation, inevitably endi...
5 Feb 2014
Assured mutual dependence
News /
Carbon & Climate
Palm oil under pressure
...
smallholders
received RSPO certification. Cargill then marketed their certificates so they could receive money from them. In January 2012, the
smallholders
received the first payout of US$120,000 (Rp1...
29 Apr 2013
Palm oil under pressure
News /
Food & Agriculture
New Palm Oil Innovation Group set to address haze issue
...
smallholders
who take the blame when land is cleared by burning. “ With only a handful of participants, the POIG is a fraction of the size of the RSPO, which includes more than 1,000 members. But t...
1 Jul 2013
New Palm Oil Innovation Group set to address haze issue
News /
Carbon & Climate
RSPO vows probe into members tied to fires
Police in Sumatra’s Riau province now have nine people in custody for setting forest fires that have blanketed the region and neighboring countries in haze, an official said on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Ron...
27 Jun 2013
RSPO vows probe into members tied to fires
News /
Food & Agriculture
RSPO certification for
smallholders
...
smallholders
in key markets such as Indonesia, Thailand and West Africa. The RSPO had also set aside 300,000 euros to encourage
smallholders
to certify their plantations, said RSPO secretary-general D...
22 Jun 2012
RSPO certification for smallholders
News /
Carbon & Climate
Farmers seek new income from Fairtrade carbon credits
...
smallholders
to access the carbon market and receive much-needed finance to mitigate and adapt to climate change, the organisations said. Click here to read the full story.
11 Jan 2013
Farmers seek new income from Fairtrade carbon credits
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Getting our act together: Sustainability in the Malaysian palm oil industry
...
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
...
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
...
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
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News /
Policy & Finance
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
Ahead of COP31’s opening on Monday, Brazil’s voluntary roadmap faces fossil fuel expansion and transition disputes, as rising …
Brazil’s fossil fuel roadmap could strengthen COP31 push against blockers, say advocates
News /
Policy & Finance
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
United States election results may embolden countries to push for stronger fossil fuel commitments, but observers expect limited …
Democratic midterm wins may boost COP31 hopes, but Trump still controls US climate policy
News /
Policy & Finance
Developing countries ‘missing out’ on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
Simon Stiell acknowledged that many developing countries have struggled to engage with the summit’s Action Agenda and called …
Developing countries 'missing out' on COP31’s climate delivery push, UN climate chief warns
News /
Cities
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
A resettlement village set up after the 2015 earthquake was washed away in the August floods. Khalte’s destruction …
Analysis: How many times will Nepal resettle its disaster-affected?
News /
Corporate Responsibility
Will Singapore’s tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
Singapore’s amended haze law empowers the government to cut companies off from banks, suppliers and insurers without a …
Will Singapore's tougher haze law follow the money? What to watch in the first designations
News /
Corporate Responsibility
Singapore’s top listed firms face climate data gaps a year into mandatory reporting
The first year of reports under Singapore’s new sustainability rules are cautious and uneven. With consultation on the …
Singapore's top listed firms face climate data gaps a year into mandatory reporting
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