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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
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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
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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
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Policy & Finance
Pressing palm oil issues
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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
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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
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Food & Agriculture
Indonesia to launch Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil standard
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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
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Energy
Farmers hurt as pressure on arable land grows: UN
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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
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Eco-Business
Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay
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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
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Food & Agriculture
New oil palm clone set to double palm oil yield up to 10 tonnes per ha
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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
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Food & Agriculture
Road to sustainable palm oil fraught with challenges
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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
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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
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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
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Energy
Reducing poverty by growing fuel and food
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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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Carbon & Climate
SE Asian palm oil firms go on African land safari
Southeast Asian palm oil firms are turning to Africa as land runs out back home and world demand for cheap cooking oil soars, but the continent's harsh weather, high costs and land disputes could dera...
29 Apr 2011
SE Asian palm oil firms go on African land safari
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Carbon & Climate
Greener palm oil needs more Asia support: Unilever
Palm oil buyers in India and China need to join those in Europe in signing up for a certification scheme to promote sustainable palm oil, consumer goods giant Unilever said on Tuesday. The Roundtable ...
19 Oct 2010
Greener palm oil needs more Asia support: Unilever
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Carbon & Climate
Planters need to do more checks to prevent forest fire and haze
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smallholders
in Malaysia had been adopting zero-burning policy for quite sometime. In Malaysia, even though the Government had strictly imposed a ban on open burning in 1998, the practice of land clea...
26 Oct 2010
Planters need to do more checks to prevent forest fire and haze
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Truly sustainable business model eliminates “either/or” choices, by Aida Greenbury
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smallholders
slash and burn tracts for personal and community farming and agricultural needs. Government regulations ban such vandalism, but enforcing the law is difficult when resources are limited a...
14 Apr 2011
Truly sustainable business model eliminates “either/or” choices, by Aida Greenbury
News /
Energy
Start-up fund for biodiesel programme
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smallholders
in replanting activities. Replanting is widely seen as a way to enhance productivity and also to achieve Malaysia’s long-term target to achieve national average of 35 tonnes of fresh frui...
5 Oct 2010
Start-up fund for biodiesel programme
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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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