Berita Arkib

27/8/2003 - Recycling oil palm wastes into animal feed can be a viablebusiness and will go a long way towards reducing Malaysia’s imports ofsuch feeds.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Indonesia's plan to become the largestproducer of palm oil has raised some concerns at the ongoing MPOBInternational Palm Oil Congress 2003 here, particularly on the amount ofdeforestation activity that would be involved.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Who would imagine that in the second halfof the millinnieum, oil palm plantations would turn into something quitedifferent from what they are today.

28/8/2003 - JAMBI, a province in Indonesia, has the potential to becomethe preferred site for oil palm investments in the country, said IndonesiaOil Palm Research Institute statistician Dr Lalang Buana.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with a Canadian jointventure company, Eco-Partners (M) Sdn Bhd, to build a pilot plant by thatcan convert empty fruit bunches (EFB), fibre and shell into dry finepowders or Nanomass by 2004.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The oil palm industry has to push for theadoption of mechanisation to increase productivity while decreasing thenumber of manpower, particularly in the importation of foreign workers.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Pakistan, a major palm oil importer, wouldcontinue to import more than 50 percent of its total edible oilconsumption despite the country's efforts to promote local oilseeds hasbeen gaining momentum, the International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC) 2003was told Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The high content of vitamin E in palm oil,which is a powerful antioxidant has enabled the golden crop to leave itsmagic touch in the cosmetic industry as well, a congress was toldWednesday.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Better market access, branding, costeffectiveness, production, competitiveness, quality, and more research andinnovations were touted as the way ahead for the global palm oil industryat the conferences held in conjunction with the MPOB International PalmOil Congress 2003 (PIPOC 2003) which ended here Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA: Menteri Pembangunan Luar Bandar, Datuk Azmi Khalidmempertahankan Felda, Risda dan Felcra yang didakwa gagal meningkatkanhasil pekebun kecil kelapa sawit.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Oil plantations are expected to undergo arapid development in the new millennium, with a new generation of oil palmplantations finding better and greater value functioning as bio-techfarms.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- India will continue to be a major importerof palm oil with imports expected to hover around four to five milliontonnes from the world market, said Ajay Tandon, the vice president ofIndia's Central Organization for Oil Industry and Trade.