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Getting Around Lazy Thinking (Part 2)

Oils and fats industry overview Palm oil has been around for more than 100 years and remains a versatile commodity. Today, it dominates in terms of global production, trade...

Getting around lazy thinking (Part 1)

As someone who has worked for the palm oil industry during exciting and challenging times, I must say it remains a dynamic one. However, it has continued to attract...

Malaysia not threatened by Bill Gates’ synthetic palm oil project

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Malaysia does not see the production of synthetic palm oil by US start-up company, C16 Biosciences, as a threat to natural palm oil supply chain,...

Viability of Synthetic Palm Oil versus Natural Palm Oil Dr. Mohd. Khairuddin Aman Razali & Dr. Kalyana Sundram

For several decades now, and ever since the early 1980s, palm oil has been called out as a problem for a number of different reasons. First it was its...

An Interim Economic Assessment of the COVID 19 risk – impact on world economy – OECD

The OECD released an Interim Economic Assessment of the Coronavirus risk and its impact on the world economy on 2nd March. Following is a summary of the report: The...

Palm oil holds promise for current and future food security

The progress of global food security hinges on the ability of the farming community to efficiently produce sufficient and nutritious food to satisfy local needs and meet growing global...

Palm Oil Prioritizes Health in Comparison to Other Oils

Dietary fats play an important role in human health. They are required for providing energy and supporting cell growth. Fats are also necessary for the role they play in...

The European Commission’s Communication on ‘Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’ – Is this aimed towards more discrimination of palm oil?

On 23 July 2019, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a Communication addressed at the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, the European Economic and Social Committee and the...

Hypocrisy in Europe’s psy-war against palm oil

What do palm oil, lemons, and the Ku Klux Klan have in common? They all illustrate what economists term asymmetric information. Coined by the Noble Laureate George Akerlof (1970s),...

Trade wars usually end badly

The US decision to slap tariffs on European aircraft and agricultural products after getting the go-ahead by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is set to spin into a trade...

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