As the world’s largest importer of palm oil, the country faces a dual challenge: balancing edible oil affordability for consumers while reducing its heavy reliance on imports, which imposes a ...

Using satellite imagery, they measured oil palm coverage across 144 plantations on the northern tip of Borneo. They analyzed data from 2017 to 2023 spanning the period before, during, and after ...

However, Malaysia has no plans to tax local crude palm oil producers to tackle the shortage -- the posts have taken the Utusan Malaysia Facebook post out of context (archived link). No plans for ...

Satellite analysis by RAN identified 7,800 hectares (ha) of peatlands converted for palm oil and sugarcane plantations in South Sumatra by resources company Tunas Baru Lampung (TBLA) between 2020 and ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must diversify its palm oil markets to reduce dependency on any single export destination for the commodity, in light of the tariff challenges posed by the United States (US).

Cameroonian villagers protesting on March 25 against plantation company Socapalm’s replanting of oil palm trees on disputed land were dispersed with tear gas by local law enforcement.

JAKARTA — Indonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war, a top industry ...

With no end in sight to sky-high prices for palm oil, Japanese businesses have idled their power plants that burn it to generate electricity. And they do not appear ready to resume operations ...

NATURE ages, and so do palms. Oil palm trees thrive in their prime years, but after 25 years, they start showing their age – growing too tall for efficient harvesting. Once trees exceed 12 ...

The country has imposed a ban on palm oil exports, further driving up global prices of vegetable oil, the agency said. Another factor is the significant impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on ...

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