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02/08/05 Chanthaburi (Bangkok Post) - The cabinet yesterday ordered theAgriculture Ministry to review its plan to expand oil palm plantations byfour million rai countrywide to produce biodiesel, and the offer of a1.6-billion-baht compensation to fruit farmers if they switch to growingpalm.

29/07/05 Tema, (GNA)- The Netherlands is supporting Unilever Ghana Limitedwith about 400,000 Euros, as grants for its research into the commercialproduction of Allan Blackia nuts. Uniliver will also provide funds tocomplement the cost of the project, which is 738,712 Euros and expected tobe completed by the end of May 2006. These were made known to the press bythe Dutch Ambassador, Mr Arie Vender Wiel on Thursday, during his workingvisit to the factory in Tema to familiarise himself with the company'sactivities.

2/8/2005 (Telecomworldwire) - A new online database called "What's inthe Foods You Eat - Search Tool" has been unveiled by scientists from theUS Agricultural Research Service (ARS).

1/8/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Palm oil's nascent advancement into thesoyoil-dominated U.S food market has stirred up renewed friction betweensome U.S. consumer rights activists and the palm oil industry, reviving awar of words that was prevalent some two decades ago.

JAKARTA, July 26 Asia Pulse - The government has been urged to establishoil plantations to supply crude palm oil to be processed into biodieseloil as an alternative fuel.

Wednesday July 27, 2005, 4:53 pm - JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Malaysia'srecent move to let its currency appreciate against the U.S. dollar ispositive for Indonesian palm oil producers in general, but lingeringinfrastructure and productivity bottlenecks will prevent the gains fromfully trickling down, trade participants said Wednesday.Poor infrastructure, which prevents efficient movement of crude palm oilproduced in interior provinces, and low productivity in Indonesianplantations will mostly negate the advantages from a stronger ringgit thathas made Malaysian palm oil less competitive in the international market,he said."It won't have much impact on our exports, unless we can solve thoseproblems," said Benny Tjoeng, vice president of major CPO producer PTAstra Agro Lestari.

July 27 2005 - ALTHOUGH the scrapping of the ringgit peg has hurt theplantations sector slightly, it can overcome the temporary setback thanksto strong global demand, low production and a slow harvest in palm oil’srival.

Wednesday July 27, 2005 - MALAYSIA may produce 14.9 million tonnes ofpalm oil this year, Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) chief executiveAziz Meor Ngah said in an interview.

7/26/2005 Thai Press Reports - Being the no.1 palm oil producer insouthern Thailand, Krabi is positioning itself towards a city of palm oilin response to biodisel promotion and demand.

7/25/2005 (Business Times) - MALAYSIA and Indonesia will soon sign a pacton commodity cooperation primarily to work together, ensure pricestability and eliminate under-cutting between the two countries.

7/21/2005 - Palm oil is now second only to soybean oil in terms of globaldemand, accounting for 28 per cent of total edible oil sales.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) -- Golden Hope Plantations Bhd relaunchedHolsum and Crispa, two cooking oil brands acquired by its wholly ownedSouth African subsidiary Hudson & Knight (Pty) Ltd from Unilever SouthAfrica (Proprietary) Ltd in April.