The wonder oil carries an ecological price tag. KOLKATA, India, Aug 11 2013 (IPS) - When there is feasting in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, there could just be a connection Read More
Focus: Asia’s Palm Oil Industry – Part 2
Crop Brings Benefits to Smallholders Access to finance will help farmers comply with improvement plans. (Continued) But for the palm oil industry, over 3 million small farmers Read More
Focus: Asia’s Palm Oil Industry – Part 1
A Burning Issue Urgent measures are needed to curb the negative environmental effects of palm oil production. The much-awaited transboundary haze pollution meeting in Kuala Read More
Supporting Small Farmers in the Global Palm Oil Supply Chain
WAGS supports small independent farmers to improve crop yields, earn a fair wage, and create products with minimal negative social and environmental Read More
Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation by Engaging the Oil Palm Plantation Industry
Biodiversity Conservation on Oil Palm Plantations: Challenges What does biodiversity conservation mean for an industrial plantation? Wild Asia has been unravelling the issues Read More
Realities of RSPO Implementation: A Preliminary Consideration on Workers and Communities
Workers and Communities: Major Concerns The standards developed by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a voluntary, multi-stakeholder organization, is one of the Read More
Helping Small Farmers in Borneo – Keresa Smallholder Group Scheme
Sustainable palm oil production is not just a concern amongst multinational companies but extends to small plantation businesses (5,000-10,000 ha) and smallholders (less than 50 Read More
Behind the scenes – “Biodiversity for Busy Managers”
[pullquote style="right"]What do busy oil palm managers have to do with biodiversity?[/pullquote] At first glance, we might think that the two have nothing in common. With the bad Read More
Supporting Small Producers in Borneo – The Keresa Story
[pullquote style="right"]We've survived for so long, so why now?[/pullquote] In the oil palm plantation world, A. K. Kumaran is considered an old hand. Fresh out of school, Kumar Read More