Rural Communities News
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With social media and academics, Thai villagers save ancestral forestUsing activism and scientific research, a Thai community stopped a wetland forest from being turned into an industrial zone. -
How Philippine social enterprises battered by the lockdown are staying afloatNearly one in three businesses that support mostly small farmers, women and micro-entrepreneurs in the Philippines saw zero revenue at the height of the pandemic. Here’s how they’re fighting back.
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Officials quash plan to develop Philippines’ biggest copper mineThe US$5.9 billion project has faced opposition since mineral reserves were discovered there in the ’90s, with pushback coming from indigenous communities, the Catholic church, environmentalists, and even communist rebels. -
Indonesian farmers walk 1,800-km to protest against evictionsMore than 150 people walked across one of the world's largest islands during coronavirus to highlight a land dispute.
Rural Communities Opinion
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Stimulating Brazil’s bioeconomy– By establishing a firm institutional foundation of “virtuous incentives,” Brazil can offer the world an innovative new agricultural model to help tackle climate change. -
Building forward with digital agriculture– Increasing investment in technologies to help small-scale farmers will yield far-reaching benefits long after the pandemic has passed. -
From farming to female empowerment– Evidence shows that an increase in women's representation in agriculture—as can be seen today in South Asia—does not guarantee their socioeconomic empowerment. But that does not mean that it cannot.
Videos
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Sun, waves and steam: How is Indonesia winning with renewables?– Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.
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Meet the families working in Indonesia's palm oil industry– What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?
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Dodging falling fruit and venomous snakes: A day in the life of an oil palm harvester– Palm oil frequently makes headlines, but the faceless workers harvesting the fruit of the oil palm less so. What are the challenges of the job and how can their rights be safeguarded?
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How do smallholder farmers benefit from sustainable agriculture?– How are sustainable agricultural practices transforming smallholder livelihoods for the better?
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