Archived News

03/10/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia is blessed with tremendous resources for developing the agriculture and food sector and it can look to Brazil for best practices in order to unleash its full potential, says agribusiness lending giant Rabobank International.

02/10/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures tumbled to the lowest in more than two years on Monday as investors fretted over rising stocks that may outpace slowing demand and the uncertain global economic outlook.

02/10/2012 (Bernama) - Oil palm plantations and agricultural machinery services are the core profit contributors to the Terengganu State Farmers Organisation (PPNT), said its Chairman, Datuk Wan Zakaria Abdul Rahman.

02/10/2012 (The Star) - Manufacturing biofuel from agricultural and forestry waste is one of the ways Malaysia is hoping to reduce its share of carbon dioxide emissions. Tapping into the huge pool of agricultural waste, broadly categorised as non-food biomass, appears a logical choice given Malaysia’s extensive involvement in oil palm and other agricultural activities.

02/10/2012 (The Star) - Every year the Government will give out more than RM1bil in subsidy to help stabilise the price of cooking oil. Under Budget 2013, the subsidy proposed is RM1.5bil, which is slightly lower than RM1.7bil this year.

02/10/2012 (Bernama) - About 700,000 smallholders nationwide will continue to receive benefits from the 2013 Budget announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak recently.

02/10/2012 (New Straits Times) - If Tan Sri Bernard Dompok had his way, he would look into ways to train rubber tappers and oil palm harvesters.

02/10/2012 (UkrAgroConsult) - The China Customs agricultural trade data for August continue to paint a picture of healthy import appetite. Imports did pullback from July’s extremely elevated levels for markets such as corn, soybeans, palm and soy, while only palm oil and cocoa imports were down y/y.

02/10/2012 (Bangkok Post) - Unquestionably, one of several hot topics facing Thai society nowadays is the ongoing integration into the Asean Economic Community (AEC), which will officially take place in less than three years from now. This, naturally, presents both opportunities and challenges for Thailand, especially in the agricultural sector, which has long been our economic backbone and main source of employment.

02/10/2012 (4-Traders) - AAMBIS-Owa Party List Representative Sharon S. Garin, through House Resolution No. 2788, is seeking congressional inquiry on the effect and impact of the palm oil production and importation on the coconut oil industry in the Philippines.

02/10/2012 (Think Africa Press) - With climate change increasingly altering weather patterns and environments, it is likely that developing countries, those who have contributed the least to the problem, will suffer its worst impacts.

01/10/2012 (Borneo Post) - Despite ongoing economic crises in Europe and the US as well as related concerns over potentially diminishing demand for palm oil, the global take-up rate has been highly encouraging as the world’s top consumers have been purchasing massive amounts of edible oil.