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07/12/2011 (MarketWatch) - Feronia Inc. ("Feronia" or the "Company") today announced that Feronia PHC, its oil palm plantations division, has completed the targeted 2011 re-planting programme of 2,000 hectares of oil palm.

07/12/2011 (Business Times) - The government is open to raising quotas to generate renewable power (RE) if consumers are willing to pay another 1 per cent RE levy on top of the current 1 per cent in the electricity bills.

07/12/2011 (Jakarta Post) - The government has vowed to closely monitor ongoing developments of potential market access restrictions to Indonesia’s palm-oil based biodiesel into the European Union (EU), following a plan to curb surging imports in recent years.

07/12/2011 (The Star) - Malaysia is still studying the best method of cultivation of oil palm on peat land and the type that can be utilised, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

07/12/2011 (The Star) - is enough vegetable oil produced today for consumption as food with some remaining for non-food utilisation, said Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) director-general, Datuk Dr Choo Yuen May.

07/12/2011 (Nigerian Bulletin) - The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Barkie Group of Indonesia for an investment worth N155 billion in mining, rubber and oil plantations in Ogun and Akwa Ibom States within the next five years.

07/12/2011 (3BL Media) - Avon Products, Inc. has launched its third Corporate Responsibility Report, titled The Beauty of Doing Good, through an online portal: responsibility.avoncompany.com. Avon is best known for its leadership in empowering women for 125 years and driving global philanthropy for decades, and the company’s founding principles also address the company's role and impact in the world with a commitment to "contribute to the well-being of society and the environment in which it functions" – a commitment brought to life through decades of environmental management.

07/12/2011 (Bloomberg) - Milan Zavadjil, the International Monetary Fund’s senior resident representative in Indonesia, comments on growth, investment and commodity prices at a forum in Jakarta today.

07/12/2011 (Ghana Business News) - Mr Emmanuel Osae, Kwaebibirem District Chief Executive, has said that farmers in the area continue to experience low yields due to their refusal to adopt new technological packages that are imparted by agricultural extension agents.

07/12/2011 (Awareness Times) - In order to promote and complement government efforts in Sierra Leone, one of the leading agricultural investment companies Siva Group/Biopalm Star Oil last Sunday officially unveiled series of development projects in Massam Kpaka in the Kpaka Chiefdom Pujehun District.

07/12/2011 (The Nation) - In all sectors of the economy, Nigeria appears to be witnessing increased inflow of foreign capital despite macroeconomic challenges. Taofik Salako reports on the underlying currents and prospects of the inflows.

07/12/2011 (Textile World Magazine) - Verdezyne Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based industrial biotechnology company dedicated to the production of biobased chemicals and fuels, has opened a pilot plant for the production of adipic acid derived from nonfood-based vegetable oils using a cost-effective engineered yeast-based fermentation process. Adipic acid is a component of nylon 6,6, which in fiber form is used for carpet, apparel and other textile applications. The company anticipates that ultimately it will be possible to produce a 100-percent biobased nylon 6,6 polymer using its biobased adipic acid.