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05/01/2009 (Thomson Financial News), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian plantation stocks gained on Monday on hopes that a rise in crude oil prices would bolster palm oil prices, dealers said.

05/01/2009 (The Hindu), Kochi - Coconut productivity should be enhanced and quality in supplies should be ensured, Coconut Development Board chairperson Minnie Mathew has said.

02/01/2008 (Guardian.co.uk) - Coffee grounds — currently wasted or used as garden compost — could become a cheap and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel and fuel pellets, says a study.

02/01/2009 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - The government may not impose an import duty on crude palm oils for the time being due to the rise in prices of cooking oils in the domestic market even as a section of the industry has asked for a 30% duty.

01/01/2009 (The Star Online), Johor Baru - The Johor National Park Corporation (JNPC) has called for cooperation from owners of oil palm plantations located near its parks to prevent poachers from entering the forest areas.

01/01/2009 (Houston Chronicle) - AN Air New Zealand jet thundered through the sky on a two-hour flight this week — on a 50-50 blend of ordinary fuel and one made of seeds from the African desert.

01/01/2009 (The Star Online) - THERE seemed to be a decoupling between crude palm oil (CPO) and crude oil prices in recent weeks as the biodiesel hype which started in late 2006 fizzles out with crude oil plunging below US$40 per barrel.

30/12/2008 (The Star Online) - PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is expected to carry more than two million tonnes of palm oil inventory into 2009 as crude palm oil (CPO) production is estimated to remain high in December, say plantation analysts.

29/12/2008 (Business Day Online) - The only solution to the present economic problem in Nigeria is by way of encouraging production. With increased production, prices of goods and services will be brought down, there will be more employment for the people both at the rural and urban centres, industries will operate at near full capacity, and there will be products for export market. What follows is increase in foreign earning capacity and also less dependence on foreign goods. Palm kernel oil production is one of such investments that will definitely boost Nigeria’s production.

29/12/2008 (Business Standard) - Vanaspati manufacturers, apprehensive of a reimposition of duty on crude palm oil (CPO), have asked the government to desist from such a move as it could lead to an increase in the prices of cooking oil.

28/12/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - Apprehensive of re-imposition of duty on crude palm oil, vanaspati manufacturers have asked the government to desist from such a move as it could lead to higher prices of cooking oil.

28/12/2008 (NST Online) - OIL palm was introduced in the 1960s to reduce Malaysia's heavy dependency on rubber and tin. Now the country's most important commodity, it accounts for 51 per cent of world production and 62 per cent of our exports.