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News / Food & Agriculture

Booming investor interest in agritech is inspiring a wave of Cambodian entrepreneurs. But can the solutions scale?

Vanilla, a vining orchid, is arguably the second most expensive spice in the world, behind saffron, and seen by most farming communities as an extremely lucrative crop. Even though its commercial vari...

10 Oct 2023

Booming investor interest in agritech is inspiring a wave of Cambodian entrepreneurs. But can the solutions scale?

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Opinion / Food & Agriculture

How technology can help address challenges in agriculture

When agriculture first took root around 12,000 years ago, it triggered a change in how people lived. Dubbed the “Neolithic Revolution", the promise of a reliable food supply enabled humans to give up...

8 Apr 2022

How technology can help address challenges in agriculture

News / Carbon & Climate

Climate disinformation campaigns that tried to block climate action in Asia Pacific

Climate disinformation – where scientific data is misrepresented to erode trust in climate science – has been around since the 1980s, when fossil fuel companies ran advertorials in newspapers denying ...

23 Aug 2023

Climate disinformation campaigns that tried to block climate action in Asia Pacific

News / Energy

Rose, jasmine teas flourish in Indian push for renewable energy

...smallholders, earning about 10,000 rupees per month. Investments in renewable energies are often unaffordable, except for groups of farmers. An exception, Nishad has set up a small centre outside the ...

21 Jul 2023

Rose, jasmine teas flourish in Indian push for renewable energy

A press conference at the AVPN Global Conference in Bali

News / Carbon & Climate

'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?

...smallholders of millions owed to them. Legally, palm oil companies have had to ensure that rural communities benefit from the large palm oil plantations near them. Geall said that the palm oil trade h...

26 Aug 2022

'Just the beginning': dawn of greenwash era for journalism in Asia?

Press Releases / The Earthshot Prize

Prince William unveils 15 global finalists for the 2023 Earthshot Prize

Prince William and The Earthshot Prize have announced the 15 Finalists for this year’s Prize at the second Earthshot Innovation Summit, an event hosted in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropi...

23 Sep 2023

Prince William unveils 15 global finalists for the 2023 Earthshot Prize

News / Food & Agriculture

Crisis resilience ‘critical’ to stem rising hunger

A shift towards permanent “crisis resilience” from short-term aid is crucial to mitigate increasingly frequent shocks to the global food system and tackle rising global hunger, say food policy researc...

21 Apr 2023

Crisis resilience ‘critical’ to stem rising hunger

News / Cities

Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out

In fast-growing Dhaka, which is losing what is left of its green spaces and water bodies to urban development, residents are rallying to protect their environment and fight climate change. In May, wh...

2 Aug 2023

Young Bangladeshis push for climate action but workers left out

News / Cities

Sumatran elephants cornered by oil palm industry deforestation

Saleh Kadri, a young farmer from Leubok Pusaka village in North Aceh district, was on his way to his plantation when he spotted eight elephants on the riverbank. From his canoe, he recorded a video wi...

15 Aug 2022

Sumatran elephants cornered by oil palm industry deforestation

A smallholder farmer in Central Kalimantan prepares seedlings for planting

News / Food & Agriculture

Project aims to restore degraded Indonesian forests — by partnering with timber giants

Last year, 11 million hectares of tropical tree cover disappeared. If forests continue to be lost at the current rate, they will be mostly be gone by the end of the century, scientists warn. A new typ...

4 Aug 2022

Project aims to restore degraded Indonesian forests — by partnering with timber giants

News / Cities

Restoring wildlife to oil palm landscapes

...smallholders and is frequently done illegally. “That’s why it’s important to have a project on the ground taking care of an area. Otherwise, they just sneak in and start clearing,” he adds. Model for ...

23 Feb 2023

Restoring wildlife to oil palm landscapes

Joseph D'Cruz, chief executive, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

News / Food & Agriculture

RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz: we need to get better at telling the sustainable palm oil story

...smallholders; building a sector that provides sustainability for these smallholders is a huge opportunity and an important challenge. What about the big markets, India — the world's biggest consumer o...

20 Jun 2022

RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz: we need to get better at telling the sustainable palm oil story

Press Releases / Royal Golden Eagle

RGE closes inaugural US$550 million sustainability-linked derivative with MUFG

Royal Golden Eagle (RGE), a global group of resource-based manufacturing companies, has announced that its member company Apical Group (Apical), a global leading processor of vegetable oil, has closed...

6 Feb 2023

RGE closes inaugural US$550 million sustainability-linked derivative with MUFG

News / Food & Agriculture

Bayer appoints Cherie Tan from APR to lead sustainability in Asia Pacific

German agrochemicals firm Bayer has appointed Cherie Tan from Asia Pacific Rayon (APR) to lead the company's sustainability, public affairs and science function in Asia Pacific. She joins a company wi...

23 Feb 2022

Bayer appoints Cherie Tan from APR to lead sustainability in Asia Pacific

News / Water

Bangladesh’s rice farmers tap underground ‘reservoirs’

The pumping up of groundwater by Bangladesh’s 16 million smallholder farmers has led to a massive storage capture of underground reservoirs rivalling the storage capacity of the world’s large dams, ac...

4 Oct 2022

Bangladesh’s rice farmers tap underground ‘reservoirs’

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil audit hopes to clean up ‘very dirty’ Indonesian industry

...Smallholders’ plantations are bought by middle-sized companies, for instance. And then these are bought by the large ones,” he said during a recent press conference. Ukay cited data from the KPPU show...

30 Jun 2022

Palm oil audit hopes to clean up ‘very dirty’ Indonesian industry

News / Food & Agriculture

Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world

These “genetically modified organisms” (GMOs) are planted extensively across swathes of North and South America, in particular, but remain strictly limited in many countries. However, these stringent ...

7 Jun 2024

Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world

Press Releases / International Institute for Sustainable Development

Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes

Consumers and companies across the planet are increasingly choosing cotton produced in accordance with voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) such as Better Cotton or Cotton made in Afric...

16 Jan 2023

Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest

The stream that supplied Indah Lestari's family with fresh fish has dwindled to a trickle since rainforest surrounding her farm was cleared by Indonesian soldiers - leaving behind a barren and eerie ...

28 Jul 2023

Indonesia's cassava push leaves bitter taste in Borneo rainforest

Aerial view of deforestation on peatland for palm oil plantation Indonesia

News / Food & Agriculture

Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests

...smallholders establishing oil palm plantations inside forest areas. The government estimates there are 3.37 million hectares (8.33 million acres) of oil palm plantations currently operating illegally ...

11 Feb 2022

Indonesian government rejects proposal to reclassify oil palm estates as forests

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