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UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok
Smallholder Farmers Key to Lifting Over 1Billion People Out of Poverty
...
smallholders
depend so that it continues to support food security and rural development can be the answer to enhanced food security, environmental protection and poverty reduction.
Smallholders
have a...
6 Jun 2013
Smallholder Farmers Key to Lifting Over 1Billion People Out of Poverty
Research /
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok
Smallholders
, food security, and the environment
Smallholders
, food security, and the environment There are 1.4 billion poor people living on less than US$1.25 a day. One billion of them live in rural areas where agriculture is their main source of...
6 Jun 2013
Smallholders, food security, and the environment
News /
Policy & Finance
RI proposal to merge palm oil certifications gets warm welcome
...
smallholders
obtain the certificate.” Indonesia, which saw around 6.7 million of its population working in the palm oil sector last year, expects its palm oil output to rise to 28 million tons this ye...
11 Jun 2014
RI proposal to merge palm oil certifications gets warm welcome
News /
Food & Agriculture
Smallholder farmers key to new agricultural revolution
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Smallholders
, Food Security and the Environment details the crucial role smallholder farmers play in the global scale. Smallholder farmers are farmers with small farms, operating roughly two hectares ...
6 Jun 2013
Smallholder farmers key to new agricultural revolution
News /
Food & Agriculture
Prioritise action over perfection: RSPO chief
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smallholders
on palm oil is critical to achieving traceability back to plantations. However, the panel of experts emphasised that traceability was not a substitute for sustainability – it was simply a...
24 Nov 2014
Prioritise action over perfection: RSPO chief
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
A quiet transformation in climate change
It is estimated that the impact of climate change already reduces global GDP by 1.6 per cent every year. The Global Commission on Economy and Climate has noted that as temperatures warm towards a 2°C ...
24 Sep 2014
A quiet transformation in climate change
News /
Carbon & Climate
Smallholder farmers in Cameroon nearly ready for REDD+ — with a bit of help
A recent study of two villages in Cameroon indicates that small farmers there are not far from having the capacity to make REDD+ projects work in their communities. As the links between agriculture an...
18 Nov 2013
Smallholder farmers in Cameroon nearly ready for REDD+ — with a bit of help
News /
Food & Agriculture
RSPO: The road ahead for palm oil
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smallholders
groups from Indonesia and Malaysia, providing funding to a Dutch NGO under its RSPO
Smallholders
Support Fund that helps small-scale farmers increase the production of certified sustainab...
15 Jan 2014
RSPO: The road ahead for palm oil
News /
Food & Agriculture
‘No single silver bullet’ to address palm oil sustainability: experts
Major stakeholder groups in the palm oil sector found some common ground and issued a set of recommendations to improve the sector at the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development in Singa...
27 Nov 2013
‘No single silver bullet’ to address palm oil sustainability: experts
News /
Food & Agriculture
UN Global Compact launches six principles for sustainable food industry
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smallholders
and small-and-medium enterprises. “ We welcome all farmers and agribusinesses – regardless of size, crop or location – to make this principle-based commitment and show their overall ori...
15 May 2014
UN Global Compact launches six principles for sustainable food industry
News /
Food & Agriculture
New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'
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smallholders
and rural workers move to the city to seek better wages and lifestyles”. This means the industry has to provide
smallholders
and growers better benefits, such as helping them to achieve h...
25 Feb 2014
New coalition to turn tea from drink to 'hero crop'
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Policy & Finance
Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges
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smallholders
, to improve their practices. Unilever, for example, announced in November it would develop a programme in Indonesia - the biggest grower of palm oil - with government-owned plantation com...
23 Apr 2014
Palm oil industry struggles to build trust in rights pledges
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Food & Agriculture
Oil palm
smallholders
get financial aid for certification
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a non-profit promoting sustainable palm production, says it will give financial aid to
smallholders
seeking certification.Indonesia RSPO director Desi Ku...
8 May 2013
Oil palm smallholders get financial aid for certification
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
SMEs are making strides toward sustainable sourcing
An increasing number of smaller businesses are following in the footsteps of multinationals like Unilever by adopting sustainable sourcing strategies. The impact of climate change on crop yields is a ...
14 Aug 2014
SMEs are making strides toward sustainable sourcing
News /
Food & Agriculture
Monkey hordes threaten farmers’ livelihoods
Dozens of monkeys have descended the slopes of Mount Merapi in Central Java to ransack fields for food in the district of Klaten, leaving farmers facing the prospect of a failed crop. Hordes of monkey...
24 Jan 2014
Monkey hordes threaten farmers’ livelihoods
Opinion /
Carbon & Climate
Indonesia losing primary forest at unprecedented rates
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smallholders
, such as by expanding agriculture onto already-degraded lands as opposed to pristine forest. Indonesia can also learn from other leaders in forest conservation. A few years ago, Brazil...
1 Jul 2014
Indonesia losing primary forest at unprecedented rates
News /
Carbon & Climate
Will climate change spark an Asian migrant crisis?
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smallholders
, which help to keep the farmer's cows - and livelihoods - alive. Edes adds that affordable insurance is also important for community resilience. It prevents farmers from sliding into po...
2 Oct 2015
Will climate change spark an Asian migrant crisis?
News /
Food & Agriculture
UN urges countries to boost action against banana disease
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention to tackle one of the world’s most destructive banana diseases, Fusarium ...
15 Apr 2014
UN urges countries to boost action against banana disease
News /
Food & Agriculture
Re-thinking investment in landscapes to aid sustainable development
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smallholders
Population has more than trebled in Malawi over the past 50 years, taking its toll on forests as farmers search for new land, said Sosten Chiotha, regional program director with Leadershi...
18 Dec 2013
Re-thinking investment in landscapes to aid sustainable development
Opinion /
Food & Agriculture
It's time for a global landscape restoration revolution
The solution to the very visible global problems of deforestation, desertification and food scarcity may be hiding in plain sight: the transformative ability to restore degraded land to productive use...
29 Jul 2014
It's time for a global landscape restoration revolution
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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
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Food & Agriculture
Tech key to reducing Scope 3 palm oil emissions in Malaysia amid increasing regulation: industry watchers
EB Studio
Beyond adapting to new regulations on sustainability and deforestation, the palm oil industry also needs to leverage technology …
Tech key to reducing Scope 3 palm oil emissions in Malaysia amid increasing regulation: industry watchers
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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'
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 /
Carbon & Climate
Malaysia’s draft climate change bill seeks to establish emissions trading scheme
Emissions thresholds will be set for organisations, starting with hard-to-abate sectors or large emitters. The draft bill also …
Malaysia’s draft climate change bill seeks to establish emissions trading scheme
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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?
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