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新闻 / 粮食和农业

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

...smallholders, but that could come with a cost. "It’s [Blockchain] not free, and that could prove a barrier to smallholders. Any new system has to be right-sized for smallholders. We should be in the b...

13 二月 2019

Can technology save the palm oil industry?

新闻 / 碳与气候

Nature losses threaten emerging economies

More than half of worldwide GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature, putting biodiversity loss among the top five risks to the global economy, according to a report presented at the World Econ...

22 一月 2020

Nature losses threaten emerging economies

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Covid-19 and meat plants in Asia: A contrast in fortunes to the United States?

...smallholders in the livestock sector is yet to be assessed.

22 五月 2020

Covid-19 and meat plants in Asia: A contrast in fortunes to the United States?

Moray McLeish, vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, Olam International.

新闻 / 企业社会责任

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

Moray McLeish, the vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability, Asia, for Singapore-listed agribusiness company Olam, has been in the sustainability game for 25 years, and is rare in...

17 四月 2020

How I got here... Olam sustainability VP, Moray McLeish

新闻 / 政策和金融

Indonesia’s anti-graft agency ‘eager to intervene’ in palm oil sector

...smallholders,” according to the KPK. That contradicts a widely circulated figure that 40 per cent of the country’s oil palm belongs to smallholders. The Indonesian government considers any plantation ...

25 十月 2018

Indonesia’s anti-graft agency ‘eager to intervene’ in palm oil sector

新闻 / 碳与气候

Famous brands ‘turning blind eye’ to deforestation caused by demand for soy, beef and other commodities

...smallholders in supply chains. Astra International is a conglomerate with interests in the automotive, financial and other business segments. It is a subsidiary of Singapore-listed, Hong Kong-headquar...

13 二月 2020

Famous brands ‘turning blind eye’ to deforestation caused by demand for soy, beef and other commodities

新闻 / 政策和金融

IFC has sunk US$1.8 billion into factory farming operations since 2010

The World Bank’s private investment arm has channeled more than $1.8 billion into major livestock and factory farming operations across the world over the past decade, despite calls for the global red...

8 七月 2020

IFC has sunk US$1.8 billion into factory farming operations since 2010

Press Releases / Rabobank

India’s Ecozen wins inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia

...smallholders. “One of the main objectives of the Rabobank Food Loss Challenge was to connect start-ups to investors, users and other stakeholders to stimulate cooperation between them – a...

19 十一月 2018

India’s Ecozen wins inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia

Press Releases / The Rainforest Alliance

Ag-Tech Developer Challenge launches

Calling Remote-Sensing, AI and UAV* Companies to Support Cocoa Farmers Globally. February 4th, 2019 – LONDON - Smallholder farmers produce the majority of the world’s cocoa. While demand ...

7 二月 2019

Ag-Tech Developer Challenge launches

视频 / 粮食和农业

Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?

Oil palm plantations in the state of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo can lose millions from damaged crops due to elephant raids, while smallholder farmers can lose their livelihoods overnight to an elephant h...

6 五月 2019

Can palm oil plantations be elephant-friendly?

观点 / 粮食和农业

Much of Asia still goes to bed unfed

Despite repeatedly faltering on the targets to reduce hunger, the global community renewed its pledge in 2015 to build a hunger-free world by 2030. Ironically, the number of food-insecure people has b...

28 十月 2019

Much of Asia still goes to bed unfed

Press Releases / CDP

Corporates increasingly aware of risks from Indonesian palm oil, but failing to cascade action through supply chains

...smallholders, whose share of Indonesia’s total oil palm plantation area is forecast to rise from 41 per cent to 60 per cent by 2030. It argues that while many producers, processors, and traders ...

18 三月 2019

Corporates increasingly aware of risks from Indonesian palm oil, but failing to cascade action through supply chains

Former textile factory worker Ngo Sinoun, 37, is now an insect farmer. to Image: Roberto Traina

新闻 / 粮食和农业

How insect farming is lifting Cambodians out of poverty

Ngo Sinoun recalls the gruelling time spent working in a garment factory. With four young children to provide for, the 37-year-old was forced to battle through ailing health to work long hours to supp...

17 十二月 2019

How insect farming is lifting Cambodians out of poverty

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Will India’s curb on Malaysian palm oil hurt Indonesian forests?

India’s palm oil dispute with Malaysia could undo progress made on sustainable palm oil and put forests in Indonesia and elsewhere at greater risk if it drags on, experts said. Last month, India—Malay...

5 二月 2020

Will India’s curb on Malaysian palm oil hurt Indonesian forests?

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Breakthrough in plant engineering could boost productivity, feed millions more

The yield of many staple crops could be boosted by 40 per cent by a new process that adjusts the way they turn sunlight into energy, potentially feeding hundreds of millions of more people, American r...

4 一月 2019

Breakthrough in plant engineering could boost productivity, feed millions more

观点 / 政策和金融

A new deal for sustainable development

Almost nine decades ago, newly elected US President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the New Deal in 1933 in response to the Great Depression. The New Deal consisted of a number of mutually supportive in...

15 十一月 2019

A new deal for sustainable development

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Palm oil: the pros and cons of a controversial commodity

...smallholders through profitable international trade. To its detractors, it is a cause of deforestation and social conflict, a direct threat to endangered species and a contributor to climate change.Wi...

5 十一月 2019

Palm oil: the pros and cons of a controversial commodity

Press Releases / PEFC

Committed collaboration for using IT in sustainable forest management in Southeast Asia

...smallholders and local communities. “In Myanmar, we are helping stakeholders to use IT at the landscape scale to bring sustainable management to Myanmar’s forests, involving public and pr...

12 十二月 2018

Committed collaboration for using IT in sustainable forest management in Southeast Asia

新闻 / 粮食和农业

What is sustainable rubber?

Bouncy, elastic, compressible and moldable—the unique properties of natural rubber make it one of the most widely used materials, found in products from pencil erasers and birthday balloons to condoms...

21 五月 2019

What is sustainable rubber?

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Hacking sustainability for smallholder palm oil farmers

...Smallholders represent up to 40 per cent of Indonesia’s palm oil plantations but often have little access to resources to farm sustainably. The palm oil industry has drawn flak for labour rights abus...

2 五月 2018

Hacking sustainability for smallholder palm oil farmers

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Southeast Asia’s growth is getting thirstier – and businesses are taking notice

EB工作室 As industrialisation, digital infrastructure and climate pressures reshape demand, companies are being pushed to look beyond how much …
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‘Rivers do not stop at political boundaries’: Bhutan’s Princess on forests, water and Himalayan cooperation

独家 Bhutan’s decades-long conservation efforts, bolstered by Restore Bhutan’s goal of bringing 50,000 hectares of degraded landscapes back to …
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Indonesia’s wildfire haze blankets Southeast Asia

Air quality in cities and districts across Southeast Asia has reached hazardous levels in recent weeks owing to …
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Who is responsible for Nepal’s tragedy?

The devastating floods in Nepal demonstrate what happens when reckless development puts climate-vulnerable communities in harm’s way.
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Türkiye seeks global backing for ‘climate responsible AI’ at COP31

The voluntary Antalya Pledge asks governments and companies to disclose data centre energy use and shift to renewables, …
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China is using AI to improve renewable efficiency. What can Southeast Asia learn?

The region must strengthen grids and clean energy capacity to incorporate AI for efficiency, experts say. But in …

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