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	<title>Palm Oil - Getting the Facts RightPalm Oil - Getting the Facts Right | Palm Oil - Getting the Facts Right</title>
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	<description>by Tan Sri Datuk Dr Yusof Basiron, CEO of MPOC</description>
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		<title>Palm Oil – A Desired Ingredient for  European  Food Manufacturers to Avoid Dangerous Trans Fats</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2013/05/palm-oil-a-desired-ingredient-for-european-food-manufacturers-to-avoid-dangerous-trans-fats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 of these imports are made up of palm oil. In recent years, the Europeans have been fed with misinformation through negative campaigns by environmental NGOs.  Most customers of palm oil are secretly praying that  the current controversy over this popular  commodity will be resolved soon. They want to continue concentrating on their core business of producing products where palm oil is a desirable component because of its superior techno-economic attributes. They need palm oil to enable them to make profitable and affordable products for the depressed European economy. Palm oil is also needed to produce healthy products efficiently without containing dangerous trans fats which are produced if locally available oils are used and turned into solid products through the hydrogenation process. Typically, manufacturers in Europe have perfected the interesterification technique where palm oil can be combined with local oils to make margarine, shortening or bakery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Oil Biodiesel &#8211; A Preferred Biofuel Feedstock</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2013/04/palm-oil-biodiesel-a-preferred-biofuel-feedstock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 through land use change). Therefore, to measure biofuel’s sustainability,  economic, environment and social sustainability factors must be considered. In terms of yield productivity, sugar cane and palm oil rank the highest. Sugar cane yields 6,000 litres of biofuel per hectare (l/ha), followed by oil palm and sugar beet (5,000-6,000 l/ha) but palm oil is superior as it has 27% higher energy content (30.53 MJ/l) than ethanol from sugarcane (24MJ/l). Moderately efficient feedstock’s such as corn, cassava and sweet sorghum yield 1,500-4,000 litres of biofuel per hectare( l/ha). Rapeseed, wheat and soya are the least efficient, yielding less than 1,500 l/ha.  Interestingly, it is these moderate to low efficient feedstocks that are used in countries with mandated biofuel programmes; in the US biofuels from soya and corn are used while in EU rapeseed is the preferred choice. Although the use of these feedstocks may not be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push for clean energy</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2013/03/push-for-clean-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 change. This is good news for the world’s energy economy. It is also potentially very good news for US-Malaysian relations as both nations can be partners in improving living standards and ensuring a healthy planet. Obama has stressed the need to expand the use of biofuels as a way of diversifying the global fuel mix and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Meeting the rising demand for fuels derived from biomass will require the United States and other developed nations that are big consumers of energy to source these fuels from around the globe. Malaysia is one of the world’s leading producers of environment-friendly biofuels derived from palm – both conventional biodiesel and next generation biomass fuels. For example, last year Malaysia produced more than 80 million tons of palm-derived biomass. Supply is already abundant and growing at a healthy pace. The industry is generating rising revenues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unjustified &amp; Illogical campaigns against palm oil</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2013/02/unjustified-illogical-campaigns-against-palm-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2013/02/unjustified-illogical-campaigns-against-palm-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 to its affordable price and easy availability throughout the year. It is the only oil that has a significant nett excess in terms of production. Malaysia and Indonesia, the two largest producers are also the sole nett exporters, accounting for 87 % of the global net exports of oils and fats. Palm Oil remains the only oil that is certified as sustainably produced.  Despite its dominant share of the world’s   oils and fats production and exports, oil palms occupy less than 5% of the  total land dedicated to planting of oilseeds  while ensuring sufficient supply of vegetable oils and fats to the world markets. The current trend for oil processors and ENGOs to insist on using only certified sustainable palm oil is highly abnormal  as  there are no similar calls to use only sustainable soya, sunflower or rapeseed oils. None of these oils can be certified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm oil gaining support globally in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2013/01/palm-oil-gaining-support-globally-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, the palm oil industry has been subjected to intense debate over a number of controversial issues. Take for example the debate on food versus fuel. Palm oil appears to get into the emotional battle of the crop being better used as a source of  food rather than biofuel. Biofuels are derived from food sources such as soyabean, rapeseed/canola, corn, sugarcane and palm oil. However, if the world decides to use a portion of these sources for biofuel production, it will be beneficial to use more palm oil due to its high yield as compared to soya or rapeseed oils. The high efficiency of the crop means that the oil palm will only need 1/10th of the land area required to produce an equivalent amount of for example soya oil. Additionally, a hectare of oil palm will produce more energy in the form of biodiesel compared to the energy from a hectare of sugarcane in the form of bio-ethanol. This is due to the low energy density of bio-ethanol as compared to palm biodiesel. Therefore, it makes sense to invest in oil palm cultivation as opposed to planting soya, rapeseed, sugarcane or corn to produce biofuel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Greenies continue to oppose palm oil</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/12/french-greenies-continue-to-oppose-palm-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is most unfortunate and regrettable that the Green NGOs in France failed to be guided by the recent rejection of the proposed Nutella tax by mainstream politicians and the French government. They also failed to heed the decision of the French commercial court of Paris on the case between Systeme U and AIPH that the anti palm oil advertisement by Systeme U is misleading and dissemination  of the advertisement campaign should be   immediately terminated. The most recent attempt by the anti-palm oil campaigners to recommend a ban on the use of palm oil in Paris appears to ignore both legal and public opinions that demonizing palm oil is not acceptable. The Green NGOs will soon discover that a country cannot introduce a ban on an internationally traded commodity even at the municipal level. Even if the Mayor of Paris introduces local regulations for banning palm oil for use in schools or government contracts, the French government has overall jurisdiction in matters related to trade and palm oil. The French government would need to comply with WTO provisions that recognize palm oil as an acceptable internationally traded commodity.  It means that the federal laws of the country will prevail when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Development, Conservation and Nutritional Aspects of the Oil Palm Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/12/development-conservation-and-nutritional-aspects-of-the-oil-palm-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/12/development-conservation-and-nutritional-aspects-of-the-oil-palm-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two attempts by Green Members of Parliament (MPs) to pass laws in Australia and France in recent months against the expansion of palm oil consumption have been rejected by mainstream politicians and their governments. This raises questions on the intention of environmental NGOs who use their green political parties and MPs to table anti-palm oil legislations. After failing to legislate against greater palm oil consumption in France, the greenies continued to create negative publicity on palm oil in Belgium and Switzerland in subsequent days. Such persistent campaigns can only reflect the vicious intention of the greenies in wanting to inflict maximum damage to the export of agricultural products of developing countries. There is an urgent need for a sense of fair play when dealing with products of small farmers from developing countries. Whenever anti-palm oil campaigners from developed countries make deforestation allegations on palm oil, the answer from the palm oil industry will be in the form of a counter question. Malaysia, the world&#8217;s biggest exporter of palm oil, has much more forest as a percentage of total land area as compared to France, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Germany or Switzerland. Why should Malaysian palm oil be punished with discriminatory labeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Scandalous Fat Tax Proposal on Palm Oil by a French Senator</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/11/a-scandalous-fat-tax-proposal-on-palm-oil-by-a-french-senator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/11/a-scandalous-fat-tax-proposal-on-palm-oil-by-a-french-senator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A French Senator has proposed a 300% increase in tax on palm oil to discourage its use in food products after likely being influenced by the NGO campaigns. This is an unfortunate escalation to the continued misinformation being propagated by our opponents on palm oil. Such moves will harm the local business communities which have opted to use palm oil for its superior economic and functional attributes. The claim to avoid palm oil due to its nutritional attributes is scientifically unjustified. It is important that allegations or claims made on palm oil as a high  saturated fat be assessed in relation to the total fats consumption of the French population. The majority of saturated fats consumption in France comes from meat sources, milk, cheese and butter but not from palm oil. The French consume about 101kgs of meat per person per year with an average of 15kgs of saturated fat content. Milk consumption per person is 92.2 liters containing 4kgs of milk fats which belong to the saturated fats category. Cheese has 30% animal fat content and the French are well known to consume 24kgs of cheese per capita, which provides 7 kgs of saturated animal fats. Butter consumption is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deforestation and Agricultural Development: Why the Double Standards?</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/11/deforestation-and-agricultural-development-why-the-double-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/11/deforestation-and-agricultural-development-why-the-double-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deforestation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was reported that deforestation and industrialization activities in the developed countries over the last 200 years contributed to the accumulation of atmospheric CO2 whose concentration has increased from 250 parts per million (ppm) to 350 ppm currently. A further increase to 500 ppm in CO2 concentration in the next 100 years is estimated under normal trend and this is projected to raise world temperature by 2 degrees centigrade, causing major climate change phenomena globally. Three countries namely USA, France and Australia are examples of developed countries which have deforested extensively in the past. The low percentage of forest areas such as  33% in USA , 29% in France and 19% in Australia reflect the high contribution of cumulative build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere from their past deforestation activities. The UN climate change debate has been focused on getting countries to reduce future CO2 emissions, but the developed countries do not wish to do so without similar commitments from some populous developing countries. Nevertheless, the eagerness of the environmental campaigners to force developing countries to reduce emission has now gone further. They have objected to any form of deforestation in developing countries even when these countries have not yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Oil , CO2 Emissions and the EPA</title>
		<link>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/10/palm-oil-co2-emissions-and-the-epa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ceopalmoil.com/2012/10/palm-oil-co2-emissions-and-the-epa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Yusof Basiron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment Sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 as oil palm plantations. The impression obtained through such modeling studies is translated into potential global warming implications based on the relative CO2 emissions of palm biodiesel. Initial results published by the EPA showed that palm oil biodiesel would only provide 17 % CO2 emissions saving compared to fossil diesel when used as fuel. This falls below the 20% threshold requirement for acceptance as a biodiesel raw material as stipulated under the RFS regulation in the US. The EPA visitors will find Malaysia much smaller in size than the US. To reach a developed country status by 2020, Malaysia is going through various development activities. The small size of the country however, provides interesting statistics which may interest our visitors from the US. For example, Malaysia’s net CO2 emissions are only 50 million tonnes per year as compared to almost 7 billion tonnes from the [...]]]></description>
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