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Paying to Preserve High Carbon Stock

A draft report by the Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto (SPOM) High Carbon Stock Study (HCSS) group has received a small amount of press attention since it was released in...

Palm Oil Demand Up in Turkey

Turkey is showing all the signs of becoming a high-potential market for oils and fats. Consumption growth and the population size have both been expanding over the last 20...

Quashing palm oil fallacies with a full-on campaign

Palm oil is the most consumed vegetable oil in the world. A key product for responding to the needs of the world food-processing industry, it accounts for 35% of...

MPOC’s New Information Campaign in France and Belgium

The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has launched a mark of provenance and an information campaign entitled ‘They say everything and anything at all about Malaysian Palm Oil’. It...

Talking Points from MPOC’s New Information Campaign

On Sept 7, the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) initiated a mark of provenance and an information campaign in France and Belgium. At the launch in Paris, prominent personalities...

Advantage Palm Oil, as US Bans Trans Fats

A decision made thousands of kilometres from Malaysia – in the offices of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – could have profound consequences for the future of...

Encompassing both plantations and smallholdings, the dynamic Malaysian oil palm sector drives downstream industries, infrastructure development, socio-economic growth and poverty alleviation schemes. The industry was the fourth-largest contributor to...