Archived News
31-07-2019
Technology Startup Creates Lab-Grown Palm Oil
Green startup C16 Biosciences has developed a lab-grown alternative to palm oil
31-07-2019
Anti-palm oil lobbies bending the EU’s will
Some EU lobbies are protecting unsustainable industries at the expense of free trade, citizen interest and poverty alleviation.
31-07-2019
Indonesia Fights Fires in Palm-Growing Regions to Prevent Deadly Haze
Indonesia is stepping up efforts to prevent a repeat of haze that blanketed much of Southeast Asia four years ago by deploying thousands of firefighters and emergency response teams in its main palm oil- and rubber-producing regions.
31-07-2019
Progress and preservation: Dayaks in palm oil country hold on to traditions
The indigenous Dayak people of Kalimantan, Indonesia are working with an agribusiness giant to retain their time-honoured customs and practices while expanding the local economy.
31-07-2019
BIZ-AGRI-MALAYSIA-PALMOIL
India is likely to import 2.5 million tonne palm oil from Malaysia following its 5 per cent preferential duty on the edible oil, Malaysian Palm Oil Council CEO Kalyana Sundram said here.
31-07-2019
Extreme weather hurting crop output in Asia-Pacific
Thai rice shipments, Indian sugar production hit; next 3 months crucial to palm oil output
31-07-2019
IndoAgri sinks deeper into the red with Q2 loss of $21m
Weak commodity prices and lower contributions from its plantation division dragged mainboard-listed Indofood Agri Resources (IndoAgri) deeper into the red for its fiscal second quarter
29-07-2019
MSPO certification increasingly recognised, will help drive palm oil prices higher, says Teresa Kok
The Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification has received international recognition that will push local palm oil prices higher.
29-07-2019
Planters’ Association favours oil palm cultivation
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) advocating the cultivation of oil palm for its multiple benefits to the economy rebuffed myths around the highly lucrative commercial crop which traces its roots in the county to the late 1960s.
29-07-2019
Singapore’s exports falter in June, will Malaysia be next?
The plunge in regional bellwether Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports by 17.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) in June, weighed down by both electronic and non-electronic products as the US-China trade war continued, was a negative surprise. Malaysia, which is less reliant on exports than Singapore, is expected to fare better.
29-07-2019
US 2Q GDP beats forecast
AMERICAN jobless claims fell to 206,000 in the week ended July 20 with data signalling strong employment market. US gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter (2Q) grew 2.1 per cent, beating forecast, compared with 3.1 per cent gains recorded in 1Q.
29-07-2019
Act fast on claims, Forestry told
The State Forestry Department must take every effort to prove to the people that claims about widespread illegal logging activities in several districts are not true, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal.