What is food security? According to FAO, food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is an important agricultural crop, which yields three important sources...
At a recent forum organized by the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM), it was revealed that there was no moral case for Western Environmental NGOs (WENGOs) campaigns against palm oil. Data indicates that the agricultural land occupied by the world palm oil industry is miniscule as compared to the total land allocated to...
Zoos in various states in Australia recently issued defiant statements defending their position to continue to allow NGOs to use their premises as campaign grounds to link the oil palm industry with orang utan habitat lost. Posters displayed by the NGOs on the cages housing the orang utans at the zoos were found to be...
There have been many attempts by the Western Environmental NGO (WENGOs) to undertake studies to demonstrate the impact of deforestation on climate change or biodiversity losses. Often universities are involved to conduct the studies in the hope that the final reports issued will be credible. However, not all these studies will be...
The world population of over 6 billion is increasing by 70 to 80 million people annually. Food supply needs to expand to keep up with the additional demand. Land to grow food crops is getting scarce. By 2020, arable land in the world is projected to decrease to less than 1 acre per capita which...
WENGOs can re-align their campaigns by focusing on what developed countries could do in order to make a more meaningful contribution to their objective of reducing global CO2 emission and not just focus on stifling the growth of agricultural commodities of developing countries such as palm oil which will harm the income potential of...
Countries at a Disadvantage for Maintaining Large Forest Cover
May 16, 2012
Clearing the Air
Apr 12, 2012
The Green in Palm
Mar 8, 2012
Indirect Land Use Change, Green House Gas Emission and Trade Protectionism
Feb 21, 2012
My Response to Irresponsible Allegations About Industry Practices Appeared in The STAR Newspaper
Jan 31, 2012
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