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MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-03-2011

Palm Oil Smallholders Can More Than Double Output

04/03/2011 (The News International) - Independent smallholder palm oil plantations in Indonesia could more than double production if given access to better farming techniques, and help combat deforestation, an environmental group said on Thursday.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-03-2011

Woolies Looks into palm oil supply chain

04/03/2011 (Trader Business Media) - Woolworths has lodged a request for information (RFI) to all suppliers and importers of palm oil in Australia.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-03-2011

Palm Oil Gains for Third Day on Outlook for Brazil Soybean Crop

04/03/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced for a third day on concern that soybean output from Brazil may decline, spurring demand for other vegetable oils as stockpiles decline.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-03-2011

Minister For Increase in Output of Oilseed

04/03/2011 (Daily Times) - Pakistan's Federal Minister for Food & Agriculture Mir Israrullah said on Thursday that achieving self-sufficiency in oilseed production is among government’s priorities.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-03-2011

Planters in Dilemma

New insurance scheme will result in them paying high premiums.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-03-2011

Malaysian University Establishes Ambitious Biofuels Research Program

04/03/2011 (nature.com) - Malaysia has grand plans for its biofuels sector, with its massive palm oil industry currently producing 1,065 megawatts of electricity and 270 megawatts of biogas. The country is now reportedly aiming to become the hub of Asia’s research into green energy generation using biomass.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-03-2011

Indonesia Seeks to Build Closer Economic Ties with India

04/03/2011 (The Jakarta Globe) - With Indonesia’s bilateral trade with India growing at a rapid pace, the country is now looking to build greater economic ties with the giant Asian nation, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Thursday.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  03-03-2011

Palm Oil Gains as Crude’s Rally Increases Attraction of Biofuel

03/03/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced for a second day as higher crude prices increased the appeal of the tropical commodity for biofuel even as analysts forecast a rebound in supply and larger stockpiles.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  03-03-2011

The Threat of Indonesia\'s Palm Oil Rush

03/03/2011 (The Jakarta Globe) - For those not familiar with images of a tropical forest being depleted, it is difficult to imagine the level of desperation faced by indigenous populations who have retained their customary rights to live and depend on the forest’s environment according to their traditional ways. Many of these people of the forest live by traditional hunting and gathering, relying on their environmental knowledge to secure food resources.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  03-03-2011

Malaysia\'s Sime Darby Says No Deal Signed on Cameroon

03/03/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysia's palm-to-property conglomerate Sime Darby said on Wednesday that it has not entered into any agreement to invest in Cameroon oil palm plantations.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  03-03-2011

Palm Oil News, Golden Agri, Sime Darby, Olam International

03/03/2011 (Live Trading News) - Blocked by the Green movement and devoid of pricing power, the Palm Oil business has 1 thing going for it, and that is the prospects of the liquid Gold it extracts from millions of short Green trees.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  03-03-2011

Welcome Measures for Farm, Livestock Sectors

03/03/2011 (FnB News) - “Godrej Agrovet is happy that the FY2012 Union Budget included initiatives which will help boost India’s crop and livestock yields. The government has finally begun to pay serious attention to the livestock sector, with Rs 300 crore dedicated to the creation of a National Mission for Protein Supplements,” says Balram Yadav, managing director, Godrej, Agrovet Ltd, commenting on the Union Budget, 2011-12.