MALAYSIA’S crude palm oil (CPO) stockpile stayed stagnant at 3 million metric tons (MT) in February, but may normalise as China demand recovers, said analysts. February’s month-on-month de…
Agriculture
India’s innovators bet the farm to eliminate $30 billion agri-waste danger
For 37-year-old yoga teacher Vidya Paramel, it wasn’t an easy decision to leave her home in New Delhi. But she couldn’t see her 4-year-old boy suffocate, and she refused to hide him away indoors from …
Malaysia says EU palm oil curbs lack scientific proof, breach WTO rules
A European Union proposal to limit the use of palm oil lacks comprehensive scientific evidence and breaches global trade rules, Malaysia’s marketing agency for the edible oil said on Friday. Mal…
Biofuel, supply and EU top in mind as palm oil players meet
Plans to increase the use of palm-based biodiesel, production growth, trade talks and Europe’s unfriendly policies will be the key points to watch as some of the world’s most influential palm oil trad…
Nepal: Agriculture Ministry seeks Rs100 billion in fresh investments
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has proposed a slew of projects and programmes worth nearly Rs100 billion to boost Nepal’s agricultural sector as the agriculture imports bill has sta…
Palm oil industry to remain strong in 2019, says Sime Darby
The fundamentals of the palm oil industry will continue to be strong in 2019 as structural issues such as inventories, pricing and government policies, particularly the biodiesel mandate, are resolved…
Agri-tourism attracts more visitors to Mekong Delta
MEKONG DELTA — Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have developed agri-tourism models that have not only increased their incomes but also contributed to sustainable agriculture and rural developmen…
Top rubber producers say to curb exports by up to 300,000 T
The world’s top producers of natural rubber on Friday said in a joint statement that they would curb exports by up to 300,000 tonnes, in a bid to prop up global prices for the commodity. The curb, for…
Can ‘Big Brother’ technology clean up palm oil’s image?
Some of the world’s major palm oil users, including Nestle, Unilever, and Mondelez, are trying out new satellite technology to track deforestation, as pressure grows on them to source the ingred…
Malaysia bets on biofuel projects to spur palm oil demand
Malaysia is aiming for domestic annual demand of crude palm oil to rise by 1.3 million tons in 2020 as it presses ahead with biodiesel programs in the transport and industrial sectors, the federal pla…