Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok said Malaysia has every right to impose a ban on products with anti-palm oil labels. She added there is no reason for a palm oil producer country like Malaysia t…
Agriculture
Expert Disagrees With EU’s Palm Oil Concerns, Says Forest Will Be Replenished
A Nigerian palm oil expert, John Omale, has said that he disagrees with concerns been spread by the European Union and other global warming advocates that palm oil cultivation was contributing to glob…
Jokowi encourages production of palm oil-based avtur
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has encouraged Indonesia to produce palm oil-based aviation fuel to make it no longer rely on imported avtur. “We have produced avtur and we don’t need to im…
Indonesia’s palm oil finds silver lining in biofuel, China amid EU trade row
As Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer and exporter, commits to fighting the EU’s ban on the use of palm oil for its member countries’ biodiesel, it may find solace near home. President Joko …
Southeast Asians learn best practices in climate-smart agri in Quezon
‘It takes a village to scale climate-smart agriculture.” This statement of Leocadio S. Sebastian, regional program leader for CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in…
Italy signs irrigation and agricultural mechanization agreement with Myanmar
The Ambassador of Italy, Ms Alessandra Schiavo, has just signed in Nay Pyi Taw, together with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Hla Kyaw, two MoUs between the above mention…
Indonesia: Plant disease threatens thousands of hectares of rubber plantations
An outbreak of Leptosphaeria leaf spot (Pestalotiopsis spp) that has hit many rubber plantations in Indonesia is expected to significantly reduce the country’s natural rubber production. Agriculture M…
Asia-Pacific nations must invest $120B a year in agri – ADB
The Philippines and the rest of Asia and the Pacific region must increase their investments in agriculture if they want to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Asian Development Bank (AD…
Malaysia: Digitising the palm oil sector
It is a call made loudly and often enough – palm oil companies, with its high dependence on labour, need to digitise their operations as the next step towards increasing productivity. The call for pal…
Malaysia: Socso plans to extend contribution to farmers, rubber smallholders and fishermen
The Human Resource Ministry plans to extend the personal and family protection scheme through Social Security Organisation (Socso) contributions to farmers, rubber smallholders and fishermen. Its depu…