The companies are working to ensure traceability as far as oil palm plantation is concerned. (Image source: Kao Corporation)
Three leading palm oil companies, Kao Corporation, Apical Group and Asian Agri, have launched a new sustainability initiative to help independent oil palm smallholders in Indonesia improve their yields, obtain international certification and eventually secure sales premiums from the sale of certified palm oil
The project will develop and distribute soil testing kits to 5,000 farmers in developing countries. (Image source: Gabriel Jimenez/Unsplash)
PhosAgro, a leading producer of mineral fertilisers, and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have introduced the joint Soil Doctors Programme in sustainable agriculture
Emissions from synthetic fertilisers dominate releases in China, India and the US. (Image source: Jed Owen/Unsplash)
Rising anthropogenic nitrous oxide emissions are jeopardising climate goals and the Paris Accord, a study published in Nature and led by an Auburn University researcher has found
Ÿnsect uses 98% less land while significantly reducing the carbon footprint of protein production and generating zero waste. (Image source: Quang Nguyen Vinh/Pexels)
Insect farming startup Ÿnsect has announced an extension of its Series C funding to US$37mn, the largest amount ever raised by a non-American ‘agtech’ business
The COVID-19 pandemic presents once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to accelerate the agroecological transition and reverse decades of neoliberal policies. (Image source: Matheus Cenali/Pexels)
The COVID-19 food crisis is closely linked to economic, social, gender and environmental injustices of free-market neoliberalism, says a report launched by the largest international space of grassroots organisations and indigenous peoples working to eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition
