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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

Eco-Business Sustainability Leadership A-List winners and CDG-EB Impact Sustainability Education Grant unveiled

...smallholders gain market access through fair pricing schemes and no-deforestation management efforts. Beyond policy, she also provides psychological support, inspiring optimism among smallholders faci...

2 Feb 2024

New research has linked prenatal exposure to deforestation in Cambodia to child stunting and anaemia among women. This link between human well-being and forest loss illustrates how the latter can comp...

16 Apr 2024

Pandawa Agri unveils frameworks to accelerate sustainable farming in Indonesia

...smallholders financing. More than IDR 5 billion in total financing has been facilitated for smallholders through productive credit and product off-taking. Diva Tanzil, Impact Finance Consultant of Ra...

25 Jan 2023

...smallholders. This is exactly why the cooperation and commitment of palm oil producers will be essential to realising such targets. How are emissions accounted in the palm oil industry? The Greenhouse...

21 Jun 2023

...smallholders who lack the resources to adopt effective pest management systems. Mumbai-based not-for-profit organisation Wadhwani AI sought to find a solution. In 2019, Wadhwani AI received a US$2 mil...

9 Nov 2023

oil palm plantation in Gunung Leuser Indonesia

...smallholders could gain access to certifications. Farmer-middlemen relations There are many accountability issues with the agricultural value chain that rely on middlemen as smallholders’ key access t...

1 Dec 2022

...smallholders is one of the main drivers of deforestration. Savi said that “capacity building, working with smallholders, bridging this gap [in wealth] is the way we need to go to move forward.” Capaci...

16 Jan 2023

Prince WIlliams at The Earthshot Prize 2021

...smallholders in India Kheyti’s goal is for 50,000 farmers to have a Greenhouse-in-a-Box by 2050, up from the 1,000 farmers currently. Image: The Earthshot Prize India is home to 100 million smallhol...

19 May 2023

...smallholders, local communities and Indigenous Peoples.” “Voluntary sustainability standards such as RSPO could be more effective by being inclusive instead of exclusive, and cater to different realit...

19 Dec 2023

...smallholders to dealers and refiners. Indonesian palm oil producers are similarly required to be certified under the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme. "We have the data...from smallholder...

16 Mar 2023

...smallholders? In Kuala Lumpur, the RSPO handed certification to Mexican smallholders working in the southern states of Chiapas and Tabasco. This gave them a significant place among growers hailing f...

23 Dec 2022

Women and young farmers can spur others to implement new sustainability and development initiatives, even though they are less likely to be seen as opinion leaders in their local communities, accordin...

2 Mar 2023

...smallholders. Today, it means holding your smartphone and getting this data, then communicating it via a proper system,” she said. However, Schomaker acknowledged that not every smallholder farmer has...

20 Jun 2023

Climate tech startup WasteX gears up for accelerated growth in Southeast Asia with P4G funding

WasteX, a climate tech company operating in Indonesia and the Philippines, reached another milestone by securing US$450,000 in funds from P4G Partnerships, an initiative that helps businesses working ...

19 Apr 2024

...smallholders to fail. “If the upkeep isn’t optimal, then the yield of the fruit will decline,” said Rokani. In response to clipped access to chemical fertilisers, some farmers are shifting to organic ...

19 Jun 2023

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