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04-08-2010
Sabah Develops 1.476 Million Hectares For Agriculture
03/08/2010 (Bernama), Kota Kinabalu - Sabah has developed 1.476 million hectares of land statewide for agriculture.
04-08-2010
Government Considering RM20 Million Allocation For Oil Palm Smallholders
03/08/2010 (Bernama), Miri - The government is considering a RM20 million allocation under the 10th Malaysia Plan to help oil palm smallholders.
04-08-2010
Cargill to supply Unilever’s sustainable palm oil
03/08/2010 (Australian Food News) - Edible oils giant Cargill has entered into a supply agreement to provide Unilever’s European operations with 10,000 tonnes of sustainable palm oil.
04-08-2010
FBCCI assures stable oil price in Ramadan
02/08/2010 (Bdnews24.com), Dhaka – The FBCCI has assured that the price of edible oil will not slip out of reach during Ramadan.
04-08-2010
Bunge scouts for palm plantation in Indonesia
03/08/2010 (The Financial Express), Mumbai - US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to Asian demand led by India and China, the world’s biggest importers of vegetable oils, the head of its Indian unit said.
04-08-2010
Malaysia must tap oil palm biomass potential
03/08/2010 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - MALAYSIA needs to tap the full potential of oil palm biomass such as empty fruit bunches, palm fibre, palm kernel shells and palm oil mill effluent which can be developed into high-income generating renewable resource products for export, said Plantation Industries and Commodities secretary-general Datuk Wira Ismail Salleh.
03-08-2010
Malaysia must tap oil palm biomass potential
02/08/2010 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - MALAYSIA needs to tap the full potential of oil palm biomass such as empty fruit bunches, palm fibre, palm kernel shells and palm oil mill effluent which can be developed into high-income generating renewable resource products for export, said Plantation Industries and Commodities secretary-general Datuk Wira Ismail Salleh.
03-08-2010
EU Using Greenpeace to Block Us: Palm Oil Group
02/08/2010 (The Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian palm oil industry claims to be the victim of a “black campaign†waged by European biofuel producers through Greenpeace and the EU’s renewable energy directive.
03-08-2010
Edible oils rise on millers buying, global cues
02/08/2010 (Press Trust of India) - Buoyed by a firming trend in the global market and pick up in demand from millers and retailers, edible oil prices rose up to Rs 150 per quintal on the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today.
03-08-2010
Wilmar Said to Seek $1.1 Billion Loans for CSR Australia Sugar Acquisition
02/08/2010 (Bloomberg) - Wilmar International Ltd., the world’s largest palm oil trader, approached banks for about $1.1 billion of loans to buy CSR Ltd.’s Australian sugar unit, according to two people familiar with the matter.
03-08-2010
RI-Norway partnership: REDD at a crossroads
02/08/2010 (The Jakarta Post) - The reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) initiative finds its real battlefield. After the announcement of the Indonesian-Norway partnership on the forestry sector, aimed to reduce carbon emissions from this sector, there have been intense debates on the issue.
02-08-2010
3,500 Kg fake \'ghee\' seized in Jaipur
30/07/2010 (ANI), Jaipur - About 3,500 kilograms of fake 'ghee' or clarified butter was seized in Rajasthan's Jaipur city on Friday.