Berita Arkib
22-08-2023
RSPO trains 500 Edo farmers, others on sustainable palm oil production
21/08/2023 (Business Day Nigeria) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has trained no fewer than 500 farmers, government officials, media practitioners, civil society organisations, non- governmental organisations in Edo State on sustainable palm oil production.
22-08-2023
Nigeria Spends N430bn Annually To Import Palm Oil – Onyiuke
21/08/2023 (Daily Trust) - In this interview, the president of the Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN), Mr Joe Onyiuke, who is a lawyer and entrepreneur, speaks on how the federal government can attain mass employment, food security and stop the $500m (N430 billion at N860/$) spent annually to import palm oil into the country.
21-08-2023
Study on orang utan population
20/08/2023 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - A RM1.2mil allocation has been set aside to finance a study of the orang utan population in Sabah for a period of two years.
21-08-2023
Salcra to build RM35 mln plant to produce animal feed from oil palm waste
19/08/2023 (The Borneo Post), Kuching - A total of RM35 million has been allocated to the Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra) to build a plant to produce animal feed from oil palm waste, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
21-08-2023
EU starts probe on Indonesian biodiesel avoiding import duties
18/08/2023 (The Jakarta Post) - The European Union said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into whether biodiesel from Indonesia was circumventing EU duties by going through China and Britain.
21-08-2023
Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation allocates RM1.2m to fund orangutan population study in Sabah, says Plantation sec-gen
19/08/2023 (Malay Mail), Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation (MPOGCF), an agency under the Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK), has allocated RM1.2 million to finance a study of the orangutan population in Sabah for a period of two years, starting this year.
21-08-2023
Vegetable prices likely to cool down next month, says FinMin official
20/08/2023 (Business Standard) - The government expects vegetable prices to start cooling off from next month with the advent of new crops in the market, but rising crude oil prices is a concern even though it is still within the tolerable zone of $ 90 a barrel, a finance ministry official said.
21-08-2023
Trade Minister suggests reactivating bilateral forum with Vietnam
20/08/2023 (Antara News), Semarang, Central Jawa - Indonesia's Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan has suggested reactivating the bilateral forum with Vietnam to improve bilateral trade.
18-08-2023
Planters likely to deliver mixed 2Q23 performance
17/08/2023 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Planters will likely register a mixed performance for their second quarter ended June 30, 2023 (2Q23) results, with most planters' year-on-year performance affected by a decline in upstream plantation earnings.
18-08-2023
CPO futures close higher on expectation of slower output growth
17/08/2023 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed higher on Thursday on expectation of lower production growth in the country, a dealer said.
18-08-2023
Malaysia can do more to halt deforestation, says MPOC chief
17/08/2023 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - While Malaysia and Indonesia can be considered examples of “success stories” in deforestation, more needs to be done, said Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) chief executive Belvinder Kaur Sron.
18-08-2023
HLIB ‘neutral’ on plantation sector, expects mixed Q2 results
17/08/2023 (Free Malaysia Today), Petaling Jaya - Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd (HLIB) has maintained its “neutral” stance on the plantation sector as it expects plants to report a mixed set of performance for the second quarter of 2023 (Q2 2023).