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The fabric of our global food system is fraying under the strain of climate change and an ever-expanding population. To prevent it from unraveling, we must embrace distributed renewable-energy solutio...

18 Sep 2023

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Famed for its Sun Temple dedicated to the sun god, Modhera in Gujarat state became India's first fully solar-powered village in 2022, but a legal case against the plant is still in court as residents...

22 Nov 2024

...smallholders lacked sufficient water during dry years. And similar trends have been observed in California, where a small proportion of water-rights holders control a significant amount of available w...

18 Oct 2024

...smallholders, while the United States has reportedly asked the EU last month to postpone the measure.

6 Jul 2024

...Smallholders Smallholders are typically seen as the weakest link in the supply chain, lacking access to the best land to cultivate, or the technical and logistical resources that commercial oil palm e...

8 Jun 2023

A palm oil plantation next to tropical forests in Indonesia.

...smallholders unable to comply with stringent new rules. Maulizal was talking at the launch of the Farmers For Forest Protection Foundation (4F), which was set up by Indonesia's palm oil smallholders u...

2 Aug 2023

Singapore International Foundation announces first project of its Southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (SEAPAW) in East Malaysia

The Singapore International Foundation (SIF), in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, today announced its first project of the Southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (SEAPAW)....

20 Nov 2024

When Natasha Zulaikha was conducting her doctorate research on human-elephant conflict in Malaysia, a group of respondents in the study stood out: palm oil smallholders. Interacting with these locals...

1 Mar 2024

...smallholders that use traditional slash-and-burn techniques to clear land for planting, RAN found that those responsible for chopping forests in the reserve are powerful "land speculators". The report...

11 Nov 2024

...smallholders accounting for 40 per cent. Coconut, by contrast, is almost entirely grown by smallholders on farms of less than two hectares. In fact, the Coconut Knowledge Center estimates that smallho...

24 Jul 2023

Many people enjoy a hot cup of coffee to start their day or to relax during the weekends, making coffee one of the most heavily traded commodities in the world. As the world's third-largest producer o...

29 May 2023

As Bangladeshis count their losses from the cyclone that lashed low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, calls are growing for the government to bolster storm defences and aid mechanisms as extreme weather ...

30 May 2024

...smallholders to meet. Malaysia and Indonesia account for the bulk of palm product exports globally.

24 Nov 2023

...smallholders grouped under the government’s federal land agency, FELDA. This is because FELDA smallholders haven’t cleared any forest to establish new plantations since 1990, long before the law’s 202...

29 May 2023

...smallholders” – those farmers who work on a small scale and do not use chemical pesticides or fertilisers – will increasingly bear the climate in mind, finding and making new adaptations. “ In the pa...

7 Sep 2023

Like all sustainable development challenges, achieving food security is a complex objective intertwined with the environment, economics, peace and security, and technology. But, alarmingly, since 202...

1 Jul 2024

An independent palm oil farmer in Indonesia.

...smallholders. The two countries, which produce 85 per cent of the world's palm oil – 30 per cent of which is cultivated by 3 million smallholders – have also threatened to stop all palm oil exports to...

25 Jan 2023

...smallholders in the four districts lacked clear title to their land. This would make it difficult for the smallholders to comply with the legality element of the EU deforestation regulation. The small...

19 Jan 2023

Palm oil plantation Kalimantan Indonesia

...Smallholders – who overall represent 40 per cent of global oil palm production – have said they would have trouble producing such information. “You’re announcing to farmers on the ground, who have dem...

5 Oct 2023

...smallholders, and the media, about the risks faced by children and the comprehensive response required,” Correa said. Additionally, she said the project aimed to develop core and entrepreneurship skil...

19 Jul 2024

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