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05/08/2016 (Reuters) - A fall in world food prices in July after five monthly increases suggests farmed commodities are unlikely to get much more expensive in the near future, a senior economist at the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.

05/08/2016 (Ghana News Agency) - The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has urged domestic investors to register their businesses with the Centre to take advantage of the incentives in the investment code of the country.

04/08/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

04/08/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:

04/08/2016 (The Nation) - Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan has urged his Indonesian counterpart to reconsider the import quota policy for Pakistan for items included in Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and expressed the hope that a quota-free market access would help Pakistani exports to grow.

04/08/2016 (ANTARA News) - Some 35 other palm oil companies received the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certificates on Wednesday.

04/08/2016 (Jakarta Post) - The scale and environmental, social and economic impacts of the palm oil industry have made it one of the most scrutinized.

04/08/2016 (Co.Exist) - In the 1950s, researchers at food companies started experimenting with a new ingredient from Malaysia. Palm oil, with its high melting point, turned out to be ideal for making everything from cookies to fried foods. Today around half of all the packaged food in a grocery store, along with shampoo and other personal care products, uses palm oil.

03/08/2016 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices were up by 0.10 per cent to Rs 505.80 per 10 kg in futures market today as traders enlarged positions, taking positive cues from spot market on rising demand.

03/08/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

03/08/2016 (Bernama) - Realising a need to actively increase and promote environmental awareness, 52 out of the total 71 palm oil mills in the state signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state department of environment (DOE) today.