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Don’t use No Palm Oil labels, Belgium urged
Don’t use No Palm Oil labels, Belgium urged PETALING JAYA: The National Association of Smallholders (Nash) wants Belgium to stop the illegal No Palm Oil labels in that country which directly harm small farmers in the developing world, including in Malaysia. Nash secretary-general Zulkifli Mohd Nazim...
Belgium: No restrictions on palm oil
Belgium: No restrictions on palm oil KUALA LUMPUR: Belgium imposes no restrictions on Malaysian palm oil imports because production of the commodity is sustainable, said its Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders (pic). He said while it was not in the Belgian government’s role to promote any product,...
Farmers Hurting as Palm Oil Prices Continue to Fall
Farmers Hurting as Palm Oil Prices Continue to Fall A PROLONGED fall in the price of palm oil is hitting Indonesia’s legions of smallholder farmers, forcing cutbacks that will reduce output in coming years and raising the prospect of a bout of sell-outs to major producers. Smallholder farmers accoun...
CPO Futures Down on Stronger Ringgit
CPO Futures Down on Stronger Ringgit KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil (CPO) futures ended lower yesterday on the back of the strengthening ringgit amid sluggish export performance, a dealer said. Phillip Futures derivatives product specialist David Ng said that the price differences between soybean oil ...
Stop anti-palm oil move in Belgium
Stop anti-palm oil move in Belgium PETALING JAYA: Some 300,000 palm oil smallholders want the Belgian Government to intervene and stop the anti-palm oil movement by several major supermarkets there. “Some major Belgian supermarkets have launched a campaign that will hurt the small farmers of Malaysi...
Huge Potential in Palm Oil Downstream Sector
Huge Potential in Palm Oil Downstream Sector KUALA LUMPUR: The palm oil downstream sector will always provide huge opportunities and remain a strategic necessity for the overall industry. Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) president and chief executive officer Datuk Mohammed Emir Mavani Abdull...
