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… Low productivity in agriculture is a significant development challenge, yet many processes used to increase land productivity have deleterious effects that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural technologies exist, designed to minimize the adverse effects of …
… operations. Combining these practices into one space creates an efficient and sustainableland-use system that benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth … dichotomy that has traditionally dominated discussions about solar-agricultural landuse. People often feel forced to choose between fuel or farming, climate or conservation, energy … the Authors Bill Pedersen Sr. Manager at Amp Energy Master of Environmental Management2021 Alumni Brooks Lamb Land Protection & Access Specialist at American Farmland Trust MESc …
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… Do sustainable farmland investments deliver financial, environmental and social returns? With … attempts to understand the strategies and performance of a subset of farmland investors focused on sustainability. 2257 2512 2195 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions … Farmland Investment Strategies Meaghan McGrath (MBA '16, Master of Environmental Management '16) Lucyann Murray (MBA '17, Master of Forestry '17) Todd Cort Do sustainable …
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… highlighted the hidden role it plays in the global economy. And, as fires set to clear land for palm oil plantations blazed in Indonesia throughout the fall of 2015, covering the … in haze, the ubiquitous commodity was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, it is in our cookies, our shampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a … responsible for 85% of palm oil production), more than 3.7 million hectares of natural forests have been cleared in recent years to make way for plantations. This landuse change …
… While the use of palm oil has been documented since ancient times, it is only in the past few decades … the 2000s, palm oil had become the most heavily traded edible oil in the world. Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has been in the forefront of this palm oil boom in Indonesia. Founded in … oil value chain, from growing seedlings and managing over 450,000 hectares of plantation lands to running extraction and refining mills and marketing its own brand of cooking oil. …