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Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
CPO Reference Price Falls 3.9 Percent in December 2025
Palm oil inventories to stay elevated next year
Palm Oil Extends Slide as Stronger Ringgit, Rising Stocks Pressure Prices
Interest in Oil Palm Cultivation Rises as Global Vegoil Market Rallies
23/05/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Two and a half years ago, Mr Kumarasamy Reddiar of Vikaravandi village in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district decided to cultivate oil palm. He chose to replace paddy, casuarina and sugarcane and today, he gets 20 tonnes of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) of oil palm a year on the nine hectares.
Wildlife in Trouble from Oil Palm Plantations, According to Scientists
23/05/2011 (Food Ingredients First) - Forest fragmentation driven by demand for palm oil is having a catastrophic effect on multiple levels of biodiversity, scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered.
Palm Oil Industry Demands More Govt Aid as Prices Rise
23/05/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Although it continues to fluctuate, the average price of palm oil this year will remain higher than last year as it moves toward $900 per metric ton, an industry association says.
DC Invites Palm Oil Investors to Coast Region
23/05/2011 (IPP Media) - Henry Oranya, District commissioner for Mkuranga in Coast Region, has invited foreigners to invest in palm oil production in Rufiji District as a way of fending off edible oil imports to Tanzania.
Transforming Felda
23/05/2011 (The Star) - BY 2015, Felda Global Group, the commercial entity of Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is envisaged to emerge as a dynamic agri-business and multinational organisation with strong upstream and downstream activities, a well-recognised brand, diversified activities and a leadership especially in agri-based new technologies.
Tap China Market For Oil Palm Fibre
23/05/2011 (The Star) - Rising de-mand for oil palm fibre in China should spur millers in Sabah to look at using their own waste products to generate money, said state Industrial Development Datuk Raymond Tan.
India\'s Palm Oil Import May Fall
20/05/2011 (Economic Times) - India, the world's biggest user of cooking oil after China, will assure higher oilseeds prices for farmers, helping them boost output of soyabeans and peanuts and potentially reducing imports of palm oil.
Dompok Leaves For US On Sunday For Palm Oil & Rubber Promotion Mission
20/05/2011 (Bernama) - Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok will make a four-day working visit to the United States from Sunday to promote palm oil and rubber.
Indonesia Astra Agro Sees 2011 Crude Palm Oil Output up Over 10pct
20/05/2011 (Reuters) - Astra Agro Lestari , Indonesia's largest listed plantation firm, expect its crude palm oil (CPO) production to grow more than 10 percent this year, due to maturing plantations, the company said on Thursday.
