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The company partly financed by carbon credits was producing 30 tonnes of compost a day, but couldn’t sell it, said co-founder Sean Nino.

While it might be a temporary solution, the use of palm oil credits, facilitated by leading certifier RSPO, has been crucial in funding sustainable production and regenerative agricultural efforts, say smallholders and industry observers.

Football, the world's most popular sport, is getting bigger but can it cut CO2 emissions to meet green pledges for sustainability?

Communities are resisting plans for more potash mines, which have allegedly polluted the surrounding water and soil.

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Food & Agriculture

The hunger profiteers

It is hard to predict when exactly food prices will spike again, but there is little doubt that more shocks will come. The consequences are likely to be compounded if a few companies still hold inordinate power over the world’s food systems. By Phil Howard and Jennifer Clapp

By emphasising a multi-stakeholder approach to political decision-making, international institutions have enabled corporate actors to dominate the conversation about how and what we eat. But addressing hunger and malnutrition requires a strategy that focuses on human rights and government accountability. By Nora McKeon

Asia is the ideal insect farming hub, says the chief technology officer of insect farming start-up FlyFeed, which recently announced that it will build its first farm in Vietnam this year. By Nathalie Berezina

Southeast Asia is highly dependent on a volatile global supply of synthetic fertilisers. Local fertiliser production by natural means, through novel innovations, offer more sustainable alternatives worthy of policy action. By Elyssa Kaur Ludher

By Maximo Torero

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Designed with nanotechnology, the portable toilet recycles human waste into fertiliser without the need for water or electricity. Here's how.

Philips, in partnership with Chicago-based Green Sense Farms, has created one of the largest indoor commercial farms using an innovative lighting technology that consumes less energy while producing higher and fresher yields.

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Humanity and the planet are suffering from a serious case of food poisoning. Eco-Business spoke to Brent Loken, WWF's global lead food scientist, about how changes to our diet can help fix our broken food system, and restore our health and the planet's strained ecosystems.

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