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30/3/06 (Business Standard India) - Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) today signed a memorandum of understanding with Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD) for developing the commoditiy market and for cross-listing of products. Initially, the exchanges will start a futures contract in crude palm oil soon.

2/4/06 SINGAPORE( Gulf Times) - Living in one of Asia's most polluted cities has piqued Putut Andanawarih's interest in a cleaner form of fuel known as biodiesel.

31/3/06 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, the world's leading edible oil importer, on Friday trimmed the base import prices of palm oils and crude soybean oil, but traders said the cuts would have only a marginal effect on domestic prices.

KUCHING, March 31 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak government is expected to collect RM1.9 million in revenue this year following the implementation of the annual assessment rate on oil palm plantations, State Environment and Public Health Minister Datuk Michael Manyin said Friday.

3/4/06 (The Star) - IT was a clear-cut message from the Government to position the agriculture sector as the country's third economic growth engine in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).

31/3/04 (The Jakarta Post) Kuala Lumpur - Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to form a strategic alliance to produce, market and export crude palm oil (CPO), with business players assuming the collaborative effort as an attempt to form a cartel and thereby control the price of the commodity on the international market.

29/3/2006(Reuters) - The European vegetable oil producers and processors federation (Fediol) has predicted that biodiesel production within the EU could grow to more than six million tonnes by the end of next year, Reuters reports.

30/3/06 PETALING JAYA (The Star) - The agriculture sector is widely expected to be the main focus of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) to be announced tomorrow.

29/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR(The Star) - Felcra Bhd hopes to secure RM1bil under the Ninth Malaysia Plan to fund its capital expenditure for special projects, said chairman Datuk Hamzah Zainudin.

28/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR ( The Star) - Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope) suggests more incentives be introduced to develop the biodiesel industry under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).

28/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR (The Star) -The Malaysian BioIndustry Organisation hopes the Government will allocate more funds for research in biotechnology and devote some attention to environmental protection under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).

29/3/06 (The SunStar) - A RANKING Malaysian foreign ministry official vowed to convince big businessmen and even government corporations in his country to invest in oil palm industry in Mindanao after a trade visit in the area