Toward Circular Economy–Based Policies for Sustainable Palm Oil Development: Lessons from Flood and Landslide Risks in Sumatra

Ashari, Ening Ariningsih
ABSTRACT The palm oil industry is a major pillar of Indonesia’s economy, providing large-scale employment, generating substantial foreign exchange earnings, creating strong multiplier effects, and supporting regional economic growth and infrastructure development. Sumatra Island is one of...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agricultural circular economy
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Taiwan's Policy on Climate-Smart Agriculture with Smart Technologies

Wan-Yu Liu
ABSTRACT Taiwan faces compounding agricultural challenges: a subtropical climate prone to typhoons and drought, an aging farm workforce, shrinking arable land, and a food import dependency exceeding 60% of caloric supply. Against this backdrop, the government has progressively assembled a...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Smart agriculture
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Managing Biomass Trade-offs in Indonesia’s Smallholder Agriculture

Mimin Aminah, Tahlim Sudaryanto
ABSTRACT Food-crop agricultural biomass in Indonesia is increasingly promoted as a renewable energy resource, often framed as abundant crop “waste” that can be converted. This paper explicitly focuses on crop residues from food-crop agriculture—such as rice, maize, and other staple crops—and...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agricultural green economy & renewable energy
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Agriculture as Social Infrastructure in Aging Societies

Tsuyoshi Okamura, Chiaki Ura
ABSTRACT Rapid population aging, urbanization, and changes in family structure across Asia have reshaped social problems. Although earlier policies focused on alleviating material poverty, many Asian societies now face growing challenges related to social isolation, loneliness, and the care gap...
Country: Japan Topic: Rural developmentAgricultural human resources developmentFarmers' welfare and retirement system
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