Berita Arkib

Despite the country’s array of fertile land, billions of naira are spent yearly on food importation, due to failure to utilise its abundant inherent resources.

Africa, a continent with a population of over 1.3 billion and expected to increase to 2.5 billion by 2050, offers bright prospects for Malaysian palm oil, with demand likely to come from industries such as food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, say palm oil experts.

THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has developed a monitoring system to track palm oil transport vehicles to prevent misconduct.

Prices of rice and edible oil continued to rise in the city’s kitchen markets after a sharp increase in the onion price across the country.

In a bid to promote high-quality oil palm production in the country, Solidaridad, an international civil society organization, in partnership with Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), will train palm oil producers in the last quarter of 2020.

Capitol Food Co., formerly Capitol Milling Co., announced an agreement with Wilmar International Ltd. for the sales and distribution of Wilmar’s Natural Boxed Palm products in North America.

United Malacca Bhd posted a net profit of RM3.55 million for the first quarter ended July 31, 2020 (1QFY21), compared with a RM60.75 million net loss for 4QFY20.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) expects palm oil to remain as the country’s main commodity and has no intention of replacing it with bamboo.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil fell for a third straight session on Wednesday, tracking weakness in rival edible oils on the Dalian exchange and crude prices, while concerns over fresh COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe and rising output also weighed on sentiment.

ALREADY the world’s largest producer of certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO), Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) will continue with its sustainability drive, which includes not acquiring more plantation land.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell more than 3% on Wednesday, tracking weaker rival oils while expectations of rising production in top producing countries further pressured prices.

NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Indian farmers are expected to harvest a record 144.52 million tonnes of grains from summer-sown crops in the crop year to June 2021, the government said on Tuesday, against 143.38 million tonnes gathered in the previous year.