Archived News

28/06/2011 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak economy is expected to grow by five per cent this year, Second Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, said today.

28/06/2011 (Bernama) - The Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) is expected to receive a funding of nearly RM113 million (US$40 million) over seven years from the government to carry out research on a whole range of under-utilised crops.

28/06/2011 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil fell to a near eight-month low on Monday, as traders scaled back ahead of a Greek vote on unpopular austerity measures that raises questions about Europe's financial health and global economic growth.

27/06/2011 (Ghana News Agency) - Major economic stakeholders in the Dormaa Municipality have called on government to provide the necessary support for local businesses to help them grow and employ the youth in the area.

27/06/2011 (PakTribune.com) - Pakistan and Indonesia have hit a deadlock in talks on a preferential trade agreement (PTA), which includes a duty cut on palm oil from Indonesia, officials from both countries said on Friday.

27/06/2011 (Bernama) - Cantas, the oil palm motorised cutter developed by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) to increase harvest productivity, will be commercialsed by Nafas Jentera Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the National Farmers Organisation.

27/06/2011 (Bernama) - Malaysia has expressed \"grave concern\" on the passing of the Food Standard Amendment (Truth in Labelling - Palm Oil) Bill 2010 by the Australian Senate.

27/06/2011 (World Baker) - GreenPalm, the certificate trading programme that enables businesses to support sustainable palm oil production, is celebrating the trade of its 2 millionth certificate.

27/06/2011 (Economic Times) - Malaysian palm oil dropped to a seven-month low on Friday as expectations that a higher output cycle will lift stocks offset broad gains in agriculture markets.

27/06/2011 (International Business Times) - The Senate has passed an amendment to the Food Act requiring that products containing palm oil be explicitly labelled, rather than described as 'vegetable oil'.

27/06/2011 (WWF) - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - A remarkable 1,060 new species have been discovered the island of New Guinea from 1998 to 2008, but poorly planned and unsustainable development - particularly from logging and forest conversion to agriculture - is putting many of these unique creatures at risk, a new WWF study finds.

27/06/2011 (Jakarta Post) - The government will likely change the regulation that sets the crude palm oil export tax amid growing protests from producers, a senior trade official said in Jakarta on Friday.