Regularizing land tenure on landscapes where private property predominates is more challenging than on landscapes occupied by communal landholdings. In part, this is due to their greater number, but the task is further complicated by the limited resources of their owners and the chaotic nature of frontier landscapes. The Censo Nacional Agropecuario of 2012 enumerated […]
The spikes in commodity prices in the first decade of the twenty-first century coincided with a global boom in biofuels. The interest in biofuels was motivated allegedly by a concern for global warming but other, more mundane, reasons played a vital role. In advanced economies, this included a geopolitical urgency to lessen dependence on fossil-fuel […]
Colombia Colombia is Latin America’s largest producer of palm oil, with nearly 450,000 hectares (1.1 million acres) of oil palm plantations in 2020, with another 100,000 immature plantings that will expand production by about 20 per cent over the next few years. The sector generated approximately $US 5 billion in gross revenues in 2019 and […]
If given the opportunity and support, smallholder farmers can be stewards of the environment
Research by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) showed 30 of the 84 adjudged high-impact global food, drink and agriculture companies have set net zero carbon targets.
Everyday, more follow their lead. While this is encouraging, activist organisations are concerned the 2050 net zero deadline provides time for laggards to keep their heads in the sand.
Yet if concrete net zero actions aren’t taken, then sand, or unfertile earth, may be all farmers are left with to plant the crops industry require in their products.
Businesses need a focus on their raw materials, as 70% of the food industry’s emissions are estimated to come from agriculture and land use changes within the supply chain.