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From Agroforestry to Agroindustry: Smallholder Access to Benefits From Oil Palm in Ghana and the Implications for Sustainability Certification

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Oil palm production in Ghana—which is primarily cultivated by smallholders (60%+)—plays an important role in local economies and rural livelihoods. As a multi-functional crop, it is embedded in the everyday life of rural and urban Ghanaians both by ...
Kaysara Khatun, Kaysara Khatun, Victoria Alice Maguire-Rajpaul, Victoria Alice Maguire-Rajpaul, Elizabeth Asiedua Asante, Constance L. McDermott   +5 more
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Impacts of Industrial Crop Production by Smallholders on Household Food Security in Ghana: Evidence From the Oil Palm Sector

Plant-Environment Interactions, Volume 7, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT An increase in industrial crop production has important implications for food security, the environment and rural development in major growing areas of the world. This study assessed the impact of smallholder industrial crop production on the food security of agricultural households.
Seth Etuah, Robert Aidoo, Kwasi Ohene‐Yankyera, Joyce Haleegoah, Faizal Adams, James Osei Mensah, Awura‐Abena Amoah Etuah, Gifty Boakye Appiah, Steve L. Wiggins   +8 more
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Cost reduction for upscaling voluntary sustainability standards: the case of independent oil palm smallholders in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Upscaling Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) can generate ecological and social benefits at a scale that is meaningful to address pressing environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity losses.
Silvia Irawan, Katryn Pasaribu, Jonah Busch, Arie Dwiyastuti, Heni Martanila, Dyah Retnani, Dwiki Mirjan Fajri, Venticia Hukom   +7 more
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Design and characterization of controlled release tablet of metoprolol

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2012
Metoprolol succinate is a selective beta-adrenergic receptor blocker useful in treatment of hypertension, angina and heart failure. The purpose of the present work was to design and evaluate controlled release matrix type tablet of Metoprolo succinate ...
Gautam Singhvi, Ravi Ukawala, Harish Dhoot, Suresh Jain   +3 more
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Accelerating Certification of Oil Palm Smallholders through Institutionalization of Various Incentives

Forest and Society, 2023
Sustainable palm oil certification has become a global demand, particularly in the market. However, the implementation of both Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oli (RSPO) and Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification schemes is relatively slow.
Lukas Rumboko Wibowo, Erdi Erdi, Sakti Hutabarat, Fitri Nur Nurfatriani, Marcellinus Utomo, Iman Kasiman Nawireja , Eusebius Pantja Pramudya, Dewi Ratna Kurniasari , Eko Cahyono , Rahman Kurniadi, Andri Santosa , Zainal Fuad , Aria Atyanto Satwiko   +12 more
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The sustainability of palm oil farming by certified independent smallholders in Jambi

Frontiers in Sustainability
IntroductionPalm oil plantation certification is important in promoting sustainable practices, but its implementation among independent smallholders often faces obstacles. Suboptimal readiness, limited insight, knowledge, human resources, and audit costs
Fuad Muchlis, Resti Prastika Destiarni, Dompak M. T. Napitupulu, Ahmad Zainuddin, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Araz Meilin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

La troisième table ronde de RSPO-RT3, à Singapour en novembre 2005

Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2006
The RSPO third roundtable meeting on sustainable palm oil (RT3) was the occasion for the official launch of principles and criteria adopted by the initiative to promote sustainable palm oil production and consumption.
Omont Hubert
doaj   +1 more source

RSPO certification in Latin America and Asia: contextual dynamics, convergences, and challenges

Novos Cadernos NAEA
Palm oil has become one of the world’s leading tropical crops, driven by high productivity and international demand for food, cosmetics and biofuels.
Bianca Diniz da Rocha, Brenda Diniz da Rocha, Gisele de Aguiar Lima, José Ambrósio Ferreira Neto   +3 more
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RSPO3 antagonism inhibits growth and tumorigenicity in colorectal tumors harboring common Wnt pathway mutations

Scientific Reports, 2017
Activating mutations in the Wnt pathway are a characteristic feature of colorectal cancer (CRC). The R-spondin (RSPO) family is a group of secreted proteins that enhance Wnt signaling and RSPO2 and RSPO3 gene fusions have been reported in CRC.
Marcus M. Fischer, V. Pete Yeung, Fiore Cattaruzza, Rajaa Hussein, Wan-Ching Yen, Christopher Murriel, James W. Evans, Gilbert O’Young, Alayne L. Brunner, Min Wang, Jennifer Cain, Belinda Cancilla, Ann Kapoun, Timothy Hoey   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Human Rights Dimension in the Revised RSPO Principles & Criteria

Malaysian Journal of International Relations, 2015
This paper focuses on the recent inclusion of Principle 6 pertaining to human rights issues into the newly revised Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria (P&C). It provides a brief overview of RSPO’s track record on human rights issues prior to the inclusion of this principle, and what changes this principle will bring in the
openaire   +2 more sources