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Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

...smallholders’ share of the country’s palm plantations, which stands at about 40 per cent of the 120,000 square kilometres of planted palm estates, according to government data. But there’s a high degr...

22 二月 2019

Indonesian candidates find common ground in support for palm oil

观点 / 生活方式

Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time

...smallholders, especially in the Pacific region, simply do not use agrochemicals. It’s also more likely to be grown in heavily rainforested areas, with almost zero water footprint. “ With a bit of att...

2 四月 2018

Sustainable shopping: save the world, one chocolate at a time

新闻 / 碳与气候

24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows

From sustainable landscape restoration that mitigates climate change, to tenure security and innovative financing tools, to climate-smart lifestyle changes, the agenda is wide and deep for an upcoming...

3 五月 2019

24 hours for more sustainable todays and tomorrows

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa

Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a report released on Monday. From s...

26 二月 2019

Bitter aftertaste? Food companies could face costly disputes over land in Africa

新闻 / 水

Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply

Yogita has to fetch water up to six times a day - sometimes going out in the middle of the night - from a hand pump about half a kilometre from her house in India's Madhya Pradesh state, leaving her b...

20 三月 2019

Poor people's right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply

An Australian wheat field, by James Edwards/Wheat Initiative, CC BY-SA 2.0

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture

...smallholders, pigs represent their livelihoods, says Ohlsson. "They’re used to pay dowries, for financial security. They're incredibly valuable and well taken care of, but that value is reflected by t...

10 五月 2019

Grain on the blockchain: how digital supply chains are greening agriculture

新闻 / 粮食和农业

What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil

...smallholders to complete the certification process. “The clock has already started ticking for us in 2018,” says Webber. “It will take a few years to completely roll out since there are millions of sm...

7 三月 2018

What 2018 has in store for sustainable palm oil

deforestation imports impact Indonesia's forests

新闻 / 粮食和农业

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

...smallholders can be more productive, as long as that doesn’t create a massive incentive to open up even more forest, they can be part of the solution. A rubber plantation in Bintan, Indonesia. Image:...

21 五月 2019

The future of forests: How to balance development with conservation?

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding

...smallholders with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land each. The majority of farmers in the region face an uphill battle to access credit, leaving them unable to modernise, boost yields, diversify i...

12 十月 2018

Abandoned by banks, Indonesia's poor farmers turn to crowdfunding

新闻 / 政策和金融

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

A biodiverse patch of forest in Sumatra threatened by encroaching oil palm plantations and illegal logging could soon be carved up by a road for coal trucks. The Harapan forest spans 769 square kilome...

29 五月 2019

A forest beset by oil palms, logging, now contends with a coal-trucking road

Palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, Indonesia

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EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

...smallholders who produce palm oil in a sustainable way, Eickhout said. By incentivizing these producers, he said, “we can promote the sustainable versions.” Eickhout said the nuances of the policy wer...

15 十月 2019

EU parliament unfazed by trade fight over palm biofuel phase-out

观点 / 粮食和农业

How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife

On April 3, the United Kingdom announced a ban on the sale of ivory that is “one of the toughest in the world.” By restricting the ivory trade, the UK joined other countries—including China and the Un...

9 七月 2018

How farms are feeding the extinction of the world's wildlife

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more

When we pick up a piece of fruit, bar of chocolate or package of flour, we don’t often think of the massive amounts of agricultural waste — the stems, leaves, seed pods and more — that never make it o...

15 五月 2019

Scientists around the world are working to turn agricultural waste into food, packaging and more

新闻 / 粮食和农业

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

...smallholders, who produce about 40 per cent of the world’s palm oil but often do not have access to good quality seeds, fertiliser and knowledge about better agricultural practices, shares Neville. Sh...

1 八月 2018

Have we overlooked the human side of palm oil production?

观点 / 粮食和农业

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

...Smallholders will have better knowledge of what and when to produce, and whom to deliver to. They can then market their produce to consumers with greater confidence, and consumers will know well ahead...

3 四月 2018

How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world

Children in Laos get free school lunches in government and World Bank programme

观点 / 碳与气候

Climate action must not leave human rights behind

Seventy years ago, in the wake of World War II, the world emerged from one of its darkest times. This led the international community to send a clear message to future generations: “Never again!” Thro...

13 十二月 2018

Climate action must not leave human rights behind

观点 / 粮食和农业

Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?

...smallholders and rolling out new technologies to several millions of farmers is very costly,” says Suwarganada. Another promising attempt to produce oil palm in a sustainable way comes from Colombia, ...

17 二月 2019

Palm oil—can we enjoy it responsibly?

Re-imagining a brighter future: green buildings with urban farming. Image: Olam International

新闻 / 碳与气候

What does battling climate change look like?

Global agri-business Olam International and Eco-Business have launched Re-imagining a Brighter Future, a global competition looking for inspiring photographs that show how people are fighting or adapt...

1 八月 2018

What does battling climate change look like?

新闻 / 政策和金融

Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change

Forestry has become an increasingly important issue in South Asia, with the new Pakistani government touting the success of its “billion tree tsunami” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a model for a “ten billi...

13 十二月 2018

Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change

Press Releases / Olam

Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced

Singapore, June 6, 2019 – A unique mapping approach that will give smallholder farmers a ‘best fit’ for what to grow, where and how, has been awarded the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovati...

11 六月 2019

Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security 2019 winner announced

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Malaysia’s chip boom risks soaring Scope 2 emissions, experts warn

EB工作室 At the Semiconductor Sustainability Summit 2025, industry leaders said Malaysia’s push to double its global chip share could …
观点 / 粮食和农业

India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb

India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis.
新闻 / 能源

Singapore’s Sembcorp eyes $4.3bn acquisition of Australia’s Alinta Energy

The Singapore firm has said it would buy the Chow Tai Fook Enterprises-owned firm, but there are no …
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TotalEnergies to power Google’s Malaysia data centres with 1TWh of solar energy

Google will also buy renewable energy for its Malaysian data centres from another solar project in the northern …
新闻 / 政策和金融

Arthur Joseph Kurup appointed as Malaysia’s new environment minister

He takes the helm of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability ministry following a Cabinet reshuffle, succeeding acting …
新闻 / 碳与气候

Singapore dominates Southeast Asia’s green startup landscape, report finds

New mapping of climate firms shows region rich in solutions but constrained by grids, finance and coordination.

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