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Rising biomass demand could drive land grabs: report

Rising global demand for cleaner energy from biomass could drive more land acquisition in poorer nations where food security and land rights are weak, an International Institute for Environment and De...

30 Aug 2011

Rising biomass demand could drive land grabs: report

News / Food & Agriculture

GTP: Sustainable Palm Oil Clusters oils path to higher yields

...smallholders through the RSPO certification. “Produce from fresh fruit bunches (FFB) are expected to increase by 30 per cent within three years of RSPO cer tification.” “The quality of FFB is also exp...

10 Nov 2010

GTP: Sustainable Palm Oil Clusters oils path to higher yields

News / Food & Agriculture

Cambodia’s untapped farming potential

A few weeks ago, Oxfam released one of the most crucial and ambitious international programs in its history. The GROW campaign, for a world without hunger, has been described by no less a person than ...

5 Jul 2011

Cambodia’s untapped farming potential

News / Policy & Finance

Record number of delegates attend Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil meeting

...smallholders in the growing regions by funding their RSPO certification cost. Webber pointed out that huge efforts were also seen in the RSPO greenhouse gases (GHG) working group which had come up wit...

28 Nov 2011

Record number of delegates attend Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil meeting

News / Carbon & Climate

Forest stewards group receives certification biodiversity

...smallholders have signed a contract with the Global Forest&Trade Network (GFTN) in Viet Nam, which offered a price 25 per cent higher than the local market price for uncertified timber. In additio...

10 Nov 2010

Forest stewards group receives certification biodiversity

News / Food & Agriculture

Driptech makes a splash as China invests $600 billion in water conservation

The Palo Alto-based company is rapidly expanding in India and China with a simple tool to save farmers and governments large amounts of water and cash. China is getting ready to invest over $600 b...

10 Mar 2011

Driptech makes a splash as China invests $600 billion in water conservation

News / Food & Agriculture

Kofi Annan calls for food stability, moderation on speculation

...smallholders are leading agricultural and economic growth. Mr Nwanze called on developed countries to support developing agriculture nations with the right policies and investments, and for these latt...

19 Feb 2011

Kofi Annan calls for food stability, moderation on speculation

News / Food & Agriculture

Malaysian Palm Oil Association won’t quit Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

...smallholders. The MPOA members' hectarage represent about 70% of the three million ha under the estate group. MPOA Class 1 members with hectarage exceeding 40,000ha and direct members of RSPO include ...

6 Oct 2011

Malaysian Palm Oil Association won’t quit Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Resource revolution needed, by Jeremy Oppenheim & Richard Dobbs

The agreement in Durban to launch a new negotiating process to develop a legally binding agreement to limit GHG emissions (to come into force in 2020), was an important landmark. But governments need ...

20 Feb 2012

Resource revolution needed, by Jeremy Oppenheim & Richard Dobbs

News / Policy & Finance

Pressing palm oil issues

...smallholders holdings at a panel discussion chaired by Malaysian Palm Oil Council CEO Tan Sri Yusof Basiron. Malaysian Palm Oil Board director-general Datuk Choo Yuen May said MPOB encouraged the indu...

22 Jun 2011

Pressing palm oil issues

News / Food & Agriculture

Leaders commit to sustainable agriculture, food security in East Asia

A concerted effort is needed to develop sustainable solutions for global food security problems, government officials and business leaders said today at the 20th World Economic Forum on East Asia in J...

13 Jun 2011

Leaders commit to sustainable agriculture, food security in East Asia

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia to launch Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil standard

...smallholders. The chairman of Gapki of North Sumatra chapter, Balaman Tarigan, said Gapki members are ready to get the ISPO certificate although some already had RSPO certificate.

30 Mar 2011

Indonesia to launch Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil standard

News / Energy

Farmers hurt as pressure on arable land grows: UN

...smallholders are shrinking year after year. Farmers are often relegated to soils that are arid, hilly or without irrigation," he said in a new report presented to the U.N. General Assembly. "This pose...

21 Oct 2010

Farmers hurt as pressure on arable land grows: UN

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay

...smallholders in low-income food-deficit countries, he added. G20 The Outlook reinforces the core messages for mitigating and managing price volatility in a recent inter-agency report to the G20, P...

17 Jun 2011

Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Save and Grow farming model launched by FAO

FAO today announced the launch of a major new initiative intended to produce more food for a growing world population in an environmentally sustainable way. FAO's call for sustainable crop production...

13 Jun 2011

Save and Grow farming model launched by FAO

News / Food & Agriculture

New oil palm clone set to double palm oil yield up to 10 tonnes per ha

...smallholders and plantations in Sabah. At the current crude palm oil price, a smallholder with 6ha can potentially earn an incremental income of RM30,000 a year using cloned shoots, Tan added. Meanwhi...

28 Sep 2010

New oil palm clone set to double palm oil yield up to 10 tonnes per ha

News / Food & Agriculture

Road to sustainable palm oil fraught with challenges

...smallholders cultivate around 40 percent of the land devoted to oil palm. He said it made economic sense for the RSPO to bear the costs of certification since many big plantation companies process pal...

4 Dec 2010

Road to sustainable palm oil fraught with challenges

News / Policy & Finance

Bank to provide funds for smallholder's forests

The Forest Development Financing Center (PPPH) which has become the Public Service Agency (BLU) authority will cooperate with bank BRI to provide at least Rp3 trillion for community forest development...

24 Oct 2010

Bank to provide funds for smallholder's forests

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Near record high food prices keep poorest people on the edge

Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Price W...

15 Aug 2011

Near record high food prices keep poorest people on the edge

News / Energy

Reducing poverty by growing fuel and food

...smallholders "Farming systems that combine food and energy crops present numerous benefits to poor rural communities," said Alexander Müller, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources. "For...

17 Feb 2011

Reducing poverty by growing fuel and food

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