Berita Arkib

12/04/2011 (Neiker-Tecnalia (the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development) is carrying out research, the objective of which is to improve oil palm crops through genetic enhancement. Its Biotechnology Department is currently working on the development of the technique known as Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) with the goal of optimising the production and quality of this crop. This technique enables detecting new genes which have important characteristics, such as resistance to diseases, greater production of best quality oil and better adaptation to biotic and abiotic stress.

12/04/2011 (Jakarta Post) - The Jakarta Composite Index posted a modest 0.1 percent gain on Monday, advancing for a fourth successive day on the back of rising sentiment.

11/04/2011 (The Star) - IT'S perfectly understandable if IOI Corp Bhd doesn't see things the same way, but the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's (RSPO) handling of complaints against the listed Malaysian plantation player may well turn out to be a watershed in the palm oil industry's long-standing efforts to convince the rest of the world that most of the major oil palm growers are serious about addressing sustainability issues.

11/04/2011 (The Star) - Over the years, the agriculture sector has steadily become an important contributor to Malaysia's GDP, employment, export revenue, export tax and duty, as well as the economic and rural development.

11/04/2011 (Awoko) - Parliament yesterday ratified a Memorandum of Understanding and agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone, Gold Tree (S.L) Limited and Gold Tree Holdings for a ten-year Palm Oil Project which is geared towards creating up to 3,000 jobs upon its implementation.

11/04/2011 (The Star) - Thanks to good foresight, careful planning and precise execution, K.S. Lim, a 60-year-old agriculturist based in Segamat, Johor, has been laughing all the way to the bank.

11/04/2011 (CTRV) - The Cameroon oil Palm Growers Union is proposing a new action plan intended to boost palm oil production in Cameroon.

11/04/2011 (Helsingin Sanomat) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) organisation has suspended the granting of new certificates to the Malaysian company IOI, which is an important supplier of palm oil for the Finnish Neste Oil. The palm oil is used by Neste to produce biological diesel fuel.

11/04/2011 (MMD Newswire) - The World Bank Group today announced the adoption of a World Bank Group Framework and IFC Strategy to guide future engagement in the global palm oil sector. The new framework and strategy were developed following extensive consultations with a wide range of stakeholders including environmental and social NGOs, farmers, indigenous communities, private sector companies, and governments.

11/04/2011 (ISIS) - Malaysia's oleochemicals prices may continue to fall as March stockpiles of feedstock crude palm oil may have reached 1.60m-1.65m tonnes - the highest monthly volume recorded so far this year, industry sources said on Friday.

11/04/2011 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives may come under selling pressure this week.

February's exports strengthened 10.7 per cent from a lacklustre 3 per cent rise in January; analysts believe this could be due to increased demand for Malaysian goods from China.