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May 20, 2013 • Palm Oil has seen increasing demand in Europe over the last twenty years. It is needed in food preparation to supplement insufficient local production of oils and fats. Nett imports of oils and fats by the EU amount to 8 to 10 million tonnes per year making up one third of annual consumption and most...
Palm oil together with corn, rapeseed, soybean and sugar cane are viable feedstocks for use as first generation biofuel. According to the Food and Agriculture Authority (FAO) from a sustainability perspective, biofuels offer both advantages (energy security, GHG reductions, reduced air pollution) and risks (intensive use of resources, monocultures, reduced biodiversity and even higher GHG...
Towards a new era of US-Malaysia relations. AS US President Barack Obama settles in for a second term in office, it is clear that clean energy will be a top priority of his administration. In his inaugural address, Obama stressed the importance of utilising newer, cleaner fuel sources as a way to address global climate...
Palm oil is the most consumed oil globally with an annual consumption of 50 million tonnes per year. This constitutes 28% of the global oils and fats market share followed by soyabean oil at 24%. Developing countries consume approximately 75 % while the balance is taken up by developed countries. Palm oil is popular due...
A team from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon visit Malaysia to learn from close range the global warming potential of the oil palm industry. Over the past few years, US experts have studied the oil palm plantation industry from a distant using satellite images of areas covered under forest, or agriculture such...
Taking on the French anti-palm oil campaign orchestrated by parties out to protect the European vegetable oil industry. Last month I had the good fortune to visit France and discuss our palm oil industry with policymakers, businesses and consumers. This trip was particularly important since France has been the focal point of a relentless campaign...
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Unjustified & Illogical campaigns against palm oil
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{ RSPO is implemented } – May 20, 11:01 AM
{ There are also agricultural products specifically grown for biofuel production include corn , switchgrass, and soybeans , primarily in the United States; rapeseed, wheat and... } – May 19, 9:59 AM
{ soybean with its RTRS isn't it? I have given you the link.... what about palm oil? what has it implemented in the past? can you... } – May 19, 6:27 AM
{ The government of Indonesia’s development of palm oil production through land concessions to large companies, government plantations, and small holder programs has been clearly successful... } – May 16, 2:42 PM