Malaysia's palm oil sector is eyeing an expanded presence in China, Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities Chan Foong Hin said on Monday. Among the efforts being undertaken includes cooperation with China's e-commerce platforms to ...
Discover how Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia became oil palm cultivation giants and what their efforts are to balance productivity with sustainability.
Palm oil companies in Malaysia are looking to recruit recovering drug addicts and prisoners to solve labour shortages, Reuters reported on 9 September. The sector had faced a severe shortage of migrant foreign workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had led to the closure of borders. P...
However, research on the labour market outcomes of low‐skilled international migrant workers in developing countries is limited. We examine the presence and sources of wage differentials across native and foreign low‐skilled workers in the palm oil plantation sector in Malaysia, which hosts a large...
• Palm oil is cheap and efficient as the oil palm produces up to ten times more oil per hectare than soybeans or coconut palms;• The palm oil sector is a crucial source of income for millions of Indonesians. Without palm oil, they might need to live their lives in full-blown pov...
The Embassy of Switzerland in Malaysia conducted a significant visit to Kota Kinabalu on September 12 and 13, engaging with key... Jul 242 min read UK Delegation Learns about Sustainable Practices in Malaysian Palm Oil Sector The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) hosted a delegation from the Un...
PALMEX Malaysia, a specialized Palm Oil event in Asia that brings together an international congregation of both upstream and downstream palm oil companies and also its supporting industries to showcase the latest developments in the palm oil industry.
According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), nearly 1 million people work in the sector, making it the country's second biggest employer and it is seen as the backbone of the country's social and economic development. (1 ringgit equals 0.23 U.S. dollar)■...
Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the country is confident that it will be able to fill the gap in global palm oil supply and urged all parties in the sector to coordinate their efforts in order to make use of the opportunity presented. ...
Over the last thirty years, the palm oil industry in Malaysia has grown to become an important sector of agriculture-based industry. A total of 108.52 billion MYR was generated in export earnings for Malaysia in 2021. However, the disposal of palm oil mill effluent (POME) is causing a ...