#rice News
Food & Agriculture
Sustainable food – not more of it – needed as global hunger soars
As climate change and global disruptions worsen hunger, a revamp of food systems is urgently needed, analysts say.
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia slashed forests, peatlands to secure 1,500-hectare food estate
More than 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of forests, including carbon-rich peatlands, have been cleared in Central Kalimantan province for the so-called food estate program, according to a spatial analysis by the NGO Pantau Gambut.
Indonesia’s plan to build its new capital city on an expiring logging concession in eastern Borneo has sparked concerns among environmental and human rights observers about the larger eco-social impacts to the rest of the island.
Food & Agriculture
China’s rice farming trials cut methane emissions and increase yields
Techniques that use less water, produce more rice and emit less methane are gaining traction in China.
Food & Agriculture
Farmers who lost crops in Pakistan floods struggle without compensation
Food & Agriculture
Bangladesh farmers swap rice for vegetables as water dries up
#rice Opinion
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, Jr began his administration by vowing to prioritise clean energy and curbing climate disasters. Eco-Business scrutinises these pledges and asks what he must address to stay true to them.
Carbon & Climate
The key to future climate adaptation is to tap past knowledge
Climate-resilient agricultural knowledge has always been there among Indigenous groups, we just need to learn from them.
Food & Agriculture
Indonesia’s new rice cultivation plan will undermine peatland restoration efforts
The government of Indonesia does not fully utilise knowledge about sustainable peatland management. The new rice plan will not support the restoration of degraded peatlands as rice as a dryland species does not support peat soil formation.
Carbon & Climate
How can the climate crisis cut through the Covid-19 media storm?
No single story has dominated the international press as much so far this century. How can climate change, which will likely prove far deadlier than the coronavirus, reclaim the headlines?
Food & Agriculture
There's no time, or food, to waste
Food & Agriculture
Much of Asia still goes to bed unfed
#rice Press Releases
USAID Green Invest Asia
USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future
