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UN report: land degradation now affects half the world’s population and economy

...smallholders, who are paid annual incentives to plant and maintain trees. Since it began in 2009, it has involved nearly 1,000 subsistence farmers, and 20,000 trees have been planted, earning more tha...

4 五月 2022

UN report: land degradation now affects half the world’s population and economy

A palm oil mill in Southern Papua, Indonesia

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Will China produce its own palm oil?

...smallholders can use simple oil pressing equipment designed for peanuts to produce crude palm oil. Zeng says that while China is not ready for large-scale oil palm planting, it can start with small-sc...

9 二月 2022

Will China produce its own palm oil?

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Food crisis 2022: the many rethinks needed to feed the world

First went wheat and corn, when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, resulting in beseiged ports and trade embargoes. The two countries exported a quarter of the world’s wheat and a sixth of the world’...

1 六月 2022

Food crisis 2022: the many rethinks needed to feed the world

Oil palm plantations in Sarawak as seen from a plane.

新闻 / 碳与气候

Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

...smallholders, since very few of them have been mapped despite accounting for 40 per cent of all palm oil production. “Despite the many challenges, I’m optimistic palm oil could be the first major defo...

2 十一月 2021

Data-driven platform aims to clear up fog of palm oil traceability

新闻 / 交通

Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’

The term “invasive alien species” refers to a species that human activities have enabled to move into a region outside its native habitat and that has established a self-sustaining population there, w...

15 九月 2023

Q&A: Major global report reveals how climate, land use and trade drive ‘invasive species’

新闻 / 粮食和农业

In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

For years, Indian farmer Chape Hanumaiya struggled to grow anything on his tiny plot of land—it was caked in the thick, red dust drifting from the iron ore mines that surrounded it. But today, Hanumai...

22 九月 2021

In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

观点 / 粮食和农业

Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020

...smallholders. Although most refiners and traders have made commitments to eliminate NDPE risks from their supply chains, it is unrealistic to expect full NDPE compliance before 2025 or sooner, because...

23 十一月 2020

Why palm oil firms will fail to meet their social and environmental pledges in 2020

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Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition

Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD), China Agricultural University and Zhejiang University jointly announced the launch of the 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition, an agricultural technology competition with the ai...

10 八月 2021

Pinduoduo launches 2021 Smart Agriculture Competition

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

...smallholders To help smallholders make the transition to more sustainable natural rubber cultivation, which includes paying workers fair wages, clearing land without burning it, and using fewer chemi...

15 四月 2020

Smallholder farmers: If you want to save forests, pay more for sustainable rubber

新闻 / 碳与气候

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

Nature was given prominence at the UN COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. It was the focus of the first major announcement at the world leaders’ summit which opened the talks, when more than 130 countries...

11 一月 2022

The COP26 climate talks saw progress on nature

新闻 / 碳与气候

Why India is neglecting its methane problem

Last month at COP26 in Glasgow, more than 100 countries pledged to reduce global methane emissions by 30 per cent by the end of the decade, compared to 2020 levels. If implemented in full, scientists ...

3 十二月 2021

Why India is neglecting its methane problem

palm oil farmer Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimtan, Indonesia

新闻 / 政策和金融

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

...smallholders is increasing faster than that of state-run and private plantation companies. A 2019 study by the Center for International Forestry (CIFOR) on smallholders in West and Central Kalimantan ...

29 四月 2020

Indonesia eyes sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders

Bargaining Role Play on gender roles in agriculture in Saptari, Nepal.

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture

...smallholders, however, often have low bargaining power because of gender norms and structural disadvantages such as lower literacy levels. In agriculture, this could limit women's ability to negotiate...

29 十二月 2020

Transformative engagements — a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture

新闻 / 粮食和农业

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

Despite its low nutritional value, approximately 100 billion portions of instant noodles are eaten every year. But what if you could make this convenience food healthier, good for the planet and uplif...

5 十月 2020

‘We fell in love with the Bambara groundnut’: How a start-up is improving livelihoods of small farmers in Africa

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Lack of resolution mechanisms result to palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia

Indonesia has no effective mechanism for resolving its epidemic of land conflicts between rural communities and palm oil companies, according to a new study. Indonesia is the world’s top producer of p...

2 十二月 2021

Lack of resolution mechanisms result to palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

...smallholders [who already have land] don’t have partners. So there’s no need to develop the 20 per cent plasma gardens — it’s enough for the companies to just partner with independent smallholders.” I...

14 五月 2020

Will Indonesia end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers?

palm oil plantation in Batanghari, Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia

新闻 / 粮食和农业

To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever

...smallholders, better law enforcement against illegal plantations and reviews of existing permits, said Bayunanda. "We believe that the moratorium has been an important first step and that it should co...

12 八月 2021

To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever

Agricultural workers on their way to a plantation in Western Kalimantan. Image: Robin Hicks/Eco-Business

新闻 / 粮食和农业

As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?

...smallholders have received little or no government aid to cope with the impact of coronavirus beyond electricity subsidies, noted Aida Greenbury, an advisor for palm oil farmers union Serikat Petani K...

27 四月 2020

As Indonesians leave the cities for the countryside, how ready are farmers for the novel coronavirus?

观点 / 粮食和农业

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

...smallholders out of hunger and poverty, in practice it was a war on smallholders across the world, orchestrated over half a century by companies in Western Europe and the United States. Temasek’s choi...

11 十月 2020

Vertical farms are overserved: Global food resilience needs a rebalancing act

观点 / 政策和金融

Amidst food system shocks, we must ensure weather index insurance reaches the most vulnerable

...smallholders understand the product features and payment conditions. This can help to avoid misplaced expectations. In a diverse community of smallholders, some people, including those who are illiter...

14 五月 2020

Amidst food system shocks, we must ensure weather index insurance reaches the most vulnerable

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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Global safeguards needed to assess health risks of novel chemicals: experts

Research is ongoing into the health effects of the world’s roughly 350,000 synthetic chemicals, but what we know …
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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 …

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