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03/08/2013 (THISDAY Live) - Some shareholders of Okomu Oil Palm Plc are currently at loggerheads over the chairmanship of the Onitsha Zone of the body, which comprises of Edo, Delta, Anambra, Bayelsa and Rivers states.

03/08/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - Forum on agricultural biotechnology for the South-South zone of the country has held in Benin with the theme, \"Modifying the quality of palm oil through biotechnology.\"

03/08/2013 (Orissadiary.com) - Odisha Government signs MoU with Ingaran Bio-Tech Pvt for Oil Palm cultivation.

03/08/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly listed companies may keep expanding their plantation areas as a ministerial regulation on the limitation of plantation areas currently being prepared would exempt them from the restriction.

03/08/2013 (Bernama) - RHB Research has upgraded timber sector to \"overweight\" from \"neutral\" given the brighter outlook for the timber industry and improving price prospects.

02/08/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to the highest in over a week on Thursday, thanks to a recovery in export demand, although gains were capped by prospects of higher global oilseed supplies.

02/08/2013 (PR.com) - SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and Certification Company is invited to address extensively on Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) at the 5th Palm Oil Summit held in Le Meridien Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, this coming August 19-21, 2013. In this event, SGS aims to inform summit participants about the importance of ISPO implementation within the organization to ensure sustainable palm oil production is in compliance with Indonesian laws and regulations.

02/08/2013 (Bloomberg) - Wilmar International Ltd. (WIL)’s Ghanaian unit climbed for a fourth day to the highest on record after crude palm oil gained, attracting pension-fund managers in West Africa’s second-biggest economy.

02/08/2013 (Borneo Post) - Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (SOPPOA) voiced their concerns about the palm oil industry during a discussion with Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here Wednesday.

02/08/2013 (Borneo Post) - As palm oil is responsible for a sizable portion of contribution towards the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) – valued at RM8 billion in 2011 – it remains crucial for the government to address the shortage of labour as well as the issue of minimum wage implementation in this sector.

02/08/2013 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

02/08/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Favorable third quarter 2013 weather conditions in the Northern hemisphere and good planting and growing conditions in South America will result in much higher October 2013–September 2014 soybean output of 284 million tons (exhibit 1), up 6.8 percent year-on-year (y-y) based on a report by Oilworld.