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Promoting Malaysian Palm Oil to the World
Palm oil is a key driver of Malaysia’s agriculture and agro-based sectors, generating approximately RM91.4bil in export revenue and sold...
Feb 25, 20227 min read


Exclusive Sit Down with Malaysia’s Palm Oil Minister, Zuraida Kamaruddin
Recently, the editors of the Malaysian Palm Labor Facts – hosted by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council – sat down for an exclusive interview...
Dec 10, 20216 min read


Solidaridad: Leading the Charge to Sustainability and Climate Change in Indonesia
Dr. Suresh is a specialist in sustainable supply chain development across various global agro-commodities and especially edible oils....
Oct 14, 20219 min read


Indonesia Doesn’t Pretend Palm Oil Industry Has Been Without Problems
Labor has become a contentious issue in the palm oil sector over the past few months. Those within the palm oil community will be well...
Sep 28, 20213 min read


Mechanisation and Automation Vital For Smooth Operation of Nation's Oil Palm Plantations
Technology and innovation are crucial to ensure the competitiveness of the nation's oil palm industry in the global market. Hence, the...
Jul 23, 20213 min read


Q&A: Ensuring Sustainable Palm Oil Production amid a Pandemic
When it comes to making the palm oil industry more sustainable, the plantations themselves can’t do it alone. Agus Purnomo, managing...
Jul 23, 20215 min read


Accurate Narrative around Palm Oil Vital
The narrative that oil palm acreages are expanding at the expense of climate and biodiversity is flawed, and a comprehensive census of...
Jul 23, 20213 min read


Advancing Palm Oil Industry
The development of the palm oil industry has contributed significantly to the increasing export of the commodity and the well-being of...
Jul 23, 20213 min read


Tackling Indonesia’s Poverty with Palm Oil
Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, and 10th largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, has made enormous gains...
Apr 16, 20214 min read


Palm Oil and Not Others
Despite the conservation narratives focused on specific themes; tropical deforestation and misleading anti-palm oil campaigns, palm oil...
Jan 25, 20214 min read


Act Fast to Quash Smears against Palm Oil Industry
AS the Malaysian economy faces challenges from COVID-19, the country's palm oil exports to the US come under a new threat through...
Dec 9, 20205 min read


Ensuring Higher Income through Oil Palm Innovations
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has showcased hundreds of breakthrough innovations in both the upstream and downstream sectors that...
Dec 9, 20203 min read


Innovation Is the Way to Fight EU Palm Oil Ban
In 2016, I went back to my home country, Italy, for a longer period than usual. Forced to watch Italian TV again, I was quite stricken by...
Oct 23, 20203 min read


Precision Farming Is the Future
We are familiar with rice, oil palm, rubber and durian. Rubber is grown for rubber latex, which finds wide use in thousands of products...
Oct 23, 20203 min read
Oil Palm Industry – Not Understood and Utilised to Potential
Consequence to COVID-19, Sri Lanka is now compelled to ban imports, restrict imports or increase import taxes to manage its valuable...
Sep 23, 202012 min read
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