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Palm Oil, Cocoa, Coffee… Who’s Going to Tend to Tomorrow’s Large Tropical Plantations?

Palm oil plantations, for one, are increasingly struggling with the sector’s declining attractiveness, which has hardly changed since the colonial era. Behind basic foodstuffs like palm oil, cocoa, coffee and bananas...

2026.07.13

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Palm Oil, Cocoa, Coffee… Who’s Going to Tend to Tomorrow’s Large Tropical Plantations?

Palm oil plantations, for one, are increasingly struggling with the sector’s declining attractiveness, which has hardly changed since the colonial era. Behind basic foodstuffs like palm oil, cocoa, coffee and bananas...

2026.07.13

AFDagricultural workersbananasCiradcocoacolonial historyColumnsFAOFarmer IssuesFrench Development Agencygender inequalityIndonesiaJohn McCarthylaborLatin AmericaMalaysiamechanizationmigrant laborOriginpalm oilplantationsRoundtable on Sustainable Palm OilRSPOrural employmentsmallholder farmersSoutheast AsiaStefano PonteSustainabilityTALENT projecttropical agricultureWest Africaコーヒー

Palm Oil, Cocoa, Coffee… Who’s Going to Tend to Tomorrow’s Large Tropical Plantations?

Palm oil plantations, for one, are increasingly struggling with the sector’s declining attractiveness, which has hardly changed since the colonial era. Behind basic foodstuffs like palm oil, cocoa, coffee and bananas...

2026.07.13

AFDagricultural workersbananasCiradcocoacolonial historyColumnsFAOFarmer IssuesFrench Development Agencygender inequalityIndonesiaJohn McCarthylaborLatin AmericaMalaysiamechanizationmigrant laborOriginpalm oilplantationsRoundtable on Sustainable Palm OilRSPOrural employmentsmallholder farmersSoutheast AsiaStefano PonteSustainabilityTALENT projecttropical agricultureWest Africaコーヒー

Major FAO Report Reveals ‘Hidden Costs’ of Coffee Production

As coffee prices currently sit at historically high levels on the commodities markets, driven by supply concerns and growing demand, the economic benefits for green coffee producers might seem universally...

2024.12.11

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ILO Leading $10.8 Million Child Labor in Coffee Project

The number of child laborers has been rising in recent years, reaching 160 million — or one in 10 children globally — as of the latest report from the United...

2024.07.09

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