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Food & Agriculture
Why the next Tesla should take on agriculture
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smallholders
’ incomes in the face of climate-related losses based on a weather-related index. With two billion
smallholders
bearing the brunt of billions of dollars of climate-related disasters, it re...
3 Nov 2017
Why the next Tesla should take on agriculture
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
Pushing GMS food up the value chain
...
smallholders
are also becoming better at reaching out to regional and global markets. Connectivity to international markets expands the income pathways of small farmers. Agricultural and food trade in...
4 Jan 2018
Pushing GMS food up the value chain
News /
Food & Agriculture
Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?
There is no questioning the value that certification could bring to agroforestry, a sector lumbered with a range of issues from the abuse of indigenous people's rights and deforestation, to biodiversi...
9 May 2018
Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
In soil-stressed India, it's time to swap chemical pesticides for natural farming
India's green revolution, a period from 1960s onwards that advocated the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides to boost agriculture and food security, was useful in its time. But the time for a d...
8 Feb 2019
In soil-stressed India, it's time to swap chemical pesticides for natural farming
News /
Food & Agriculture
Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry in the direction of sustainability
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Smallholders
turn slowly to integrated farming Faced with a rapidly deteriorating Mekong region and the challenge of working with thousands of small farmers like Hung and Le, Vietnamese authorities an...
20 Jul 2018
Pushing Vietnam’s shrimp industry in the direction of sustainability
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
The bleak fate of the Amazon
Last month, a deeply divided Brazil voted to elect its next president. Faced with a choice between Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party and the right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians...
22 Nov 2018
The bleak fate of the Amazon
News /
Food & Agriculture
Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment
...
smallholders
in the cases studied often struggle to move from subsistence to commercial farming, and the challenges involved are not currently well reflected in many intensification strategies. Phil D...
17 Jul 2018
Intensified farming ‘rarely’ aids wellbeing, environment
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
The power of rural women to reduce global food insecurity and cut emissions
My village, Tajpur, in the Lalmonirhat district of northern Bangladesh is very green and beautiful. It sits beside the river Tista and most of our community members work in agriculture. The area is pr...
18 Oct 2018
The power of rural women to reduce global food insecurity and cut emissions
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Policy & Finance
$1 billion programme launched to restore land, protect forests
Dutch bank Rabobank and U.N. Environment have announced a $1 billion programme to finance new ways of farming that curb emissions, restore the land and protect forests. Agriculture produces about 24 p...
20 Oct 2017
$1 billion programme launched to restore land, protect forests
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
10 biggest changes of the decade for forests
The last decade was pivotal for the world’s forests. The 2010s saw the rise of unprecedented new commitments — from governments and the private sector alike — to bring deforestation to heel. The UN RE...
20 Jan 2020
10 biggest changes of the decade for forests
Opinion /
Lifestyle
In the world of sustainability, colonialism is not dead
Last week, Scandinavian fashion label and global It-brand Ganni hardly caused a stir when it closed Copenhagen Fashion Week with a sustainability-themed showcase titled “Life on Earth.” Considering th...
13 Feb 2019
In the world of sustainability, colonialism is not dead
News /
Policy & Finance
Conservation entrepreneurs are ready to get down to business. Watch their pitches here.
Business is booming in the arena of “nature-based” companies, which includes ventures ranging from ecological restoration companies to ecotourism to sustainable commodity production. One study estimat...
20 Aug 2018
Conservation entrepreneurs are ready to get down to business. Watch their pitches here.
News /
Policy & Finance
Indonesian parliament pushes to pass palm oil legislation this year
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smallholders
and rural and indigenous communities. A key criticism is that it advocates the clearing of peatlands for plantations — a position at odds with the administration of President Joko “Jokow...
16 Jan 2018
Indonesian parliament pushes to pass palm oil legislation this year
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Food & Agriculture
Can the palm oil industry ever be fully sustainable?
...
smallholders
, and navigate a web of cultural and behavioural factors to drive a change in how they operate, including the elimination of the slash and burn approach to land clearing that has troubled ...
10 Nov 2017
Can the palm oil industry ever be fully sustainable?
Opinion /
CSR
Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet
Trees do a lot more for us than you probably think. Their roots prevent soil from eroding, their canopies provide shade and their leaves decompose into nutrients for crops, which feed livestock. Trees...
27 Sep 2018
Greenwashing: corporate tree planting generates goodwill but may sometimes harm the planet
News /
Manufacturing
Work with suppliers, not against them, to end modern slavery
Companies that cut off a supply chain where forced or child labour exists may inadvertently worsen the situation for victims, said experts at a recent closed door event on modern slavery in Singapore....
14 Nov 2018
Work with suppliers, not against them, to end modern slavery
News /
Food & Agriculture
Blinding consumers to the true cost of soy?
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smallholders
—to invest in certification. “For farmers who don’t have to change anything, it’s a no-regret effort to get certified,” Börner said. “But for those who would have to significantly adjust t...
12 Oct 2018
Blinding consumers to the true cost of soy?
Opinion /
Policy & Finance
Agribusinesses can help ASEAN achieve the SDGs
...
smallholders
in their operations. As
smallholders
become more productive, they are able to invest in new business opportunities, increase their purchasing power, build resilience, and save for the fut...
29 May 2017
Agribusinesses can help ASEAN achieve the SDGs
News /
Food & Agriculture
UN food agency links with Unilever to reduce food loss and waste
FAO is entering an innovative strategic partnership with Unilever aimed at helping countries in their efforts to reduce food loss and waste and tackle climate change, in the context of the Sustainable...
25 Sep 2017
UN food agency links with Unilever to reduce food loss and waste
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
5 ways India must help its farmers face the threat of climate change
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smallholders
– which is generally considered to mean they have two hectares or less of land. The main crops are wheat, maize, rice, millets, pulses, sugarcane and oil-seeds. Indian farmers must conten...
20 Feb 2018
5 ways India must help its farmers face the threat of climate change
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Carbon & Climate
Japan-led decarbonisation forum called out for promoting ‘false’ climate solutions to Indonesia
Billed as a platform to advance decarbonisation and boosting economic growth, environmentalists say the Asia Zero Emission Community …
Japan-led decarbonisation forum called out for promoting 'false' climate solutions to Indonesia
News /
Carbon & Climate
Why is the weather becoming more extreme?
Climate change is making floods, heatwaves and storms more frequent and more intense; scientists warn emissions must be …
Why is the weather becoming more extreme?
News /
Food & Agriculture
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
Large trials in Indonesia and Malaysia are showing it is possible to become sustainable without damaging productivity or …
Can regenerative agriculture make palm oil sustainable?
News /
Manufacturing
‘Too much humiliation’: Why Samsung workers are striking in India
From poor pay to no holiday leave, hundreds of Samsung workers in India say they want basic rights …
'Too much humiliation': Why Samsung workers are striking in India
News /
Food & Agriculture
Industry pressure stalls EU anti-deforestation law rollout; NGOs call delay ‘an act of nature vandalism’
After sustained pressure from commodity producers and resistance from its own members, the EU Commission decided to postpone …
Industry pressure stalls EU anti-deforestation law rollout; NGOs call delay 'an act of nature vandalism'
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Energy
Japan’s decarbonisation projects in Southeast Asia are prolonging fossil fuel use: study
Projects involving liquified natural gas, ammonia co-firing with coal plants and carbon capture and storage are designed to …
Japan’s decarbonisation projects in Southeast Asia are prolonging fossil fuel use: study
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