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22/04/2011 (Mongabay.com) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a body that sets criteria for social and environmental certification of palm oil, weighed in on the debate over Australia's proposal to require listing of palm oil as an ingredient on package labels. At the same time, the RSPO announced its own labeling initiative to distinguish products that use RSPO-certified palm oil from those that do not.

22/04/2011 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will sign a series of agreements next week during visits to Malaysia and Indonesia covering everything from banking and energy to palm oil and infrastructure, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.

22/04/2011 (Business Times) - Malaysia can expand its trading areas with the European Union with the help of its Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

22/04/2011 (ShareCast) - The food producer and processor, with operations in Indonesia, REA Holdings, saw profits surge as palm oil prices headed north.

22/04/2011 (The Borneo Post) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will chair the first meeting of the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) for Malaysia to be set up in New York on May 17.

21/04/2011 (Reuters) - The palm oil industry has gone bird crazy by drafting owls to combat the menace of rodent pests, hoping in the process to burnish its green credentials and save money.

21/04/2011 (Reuters) - Beauty company Avon Products, Inc. is the first in the industry to commit to 100 percent certified sustainable palm oil.

20/04/2011 (Bernama) - The initiatives by the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) for Malaysia to be established on May 17 in New York, is expected to result in a "big win" for the nation come 2013, as local companies transform to become global players.

21/04/2011 (Business Standard) - Palmolein and soyabean oil prices rose by Rs 20 per quintal in the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on fresh buying by millers amid a firming global trend.

21/04/2011 (IBNLive.com) - The increasing agricultural output in the country will go a long way in reducing the inflation levels in the country, National Co-operative Consumers Federation (NCCF) Chairman, Virendra Singh said here. NCCF functions under the administrative control of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

20/04/2011 (The Malaysian Insider) - Consumption of crude palm oil (CPO) in Indonesia, the world’s top producer, will rise by about 80 per cent to 18.7 million tonnes by 2015, due to greater demand from downstream industries, a government official said.

20/04/2011 (The Star) - Much of the 70 million tonnes of oil palm biomass produced annually is burnt or left to rot.