New commitments to sustainably sourced palm oil Speaking at the European Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) summit in Berlin in early September 2013, French, German, Austrian and Swiss pal... 20/10/2013
Nigerian processors complain of regional relabelling of imported palm oil In June 2013, “a coalition of associations of people doing business with palm oil in Nigeria” met the Minister for Agriculture, Akinwunmi Adesina,... 02/09/2013
China’s evolving role in global agricultural trade Alongside the OECD-FAO report ‘Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022’, the OECD and FAO have published ‘Focus on China’, highlighting China’s growing role... 19/08/2013
New agreements on fully segregated sustainable palm oil supplies from PNG According to articles published on the website Foodnavigator.com, a new commercial agreement has been concluded between New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (N... 11/08/2013
RSPO members questioned over sustainability of palm oil production GreenPalm, “a certificate trading body… designed to tackle the environmental and social problems created by the production of palm oil”, has publis... 28/04/2013
Prospects for soybean and soybean oil prices in 2013 The website Agrimoney.com has published an assessment of the soya commodity sector in 2012, with a range of analysts’ views on prospects for 2013.... 25/03/2013
Rising food prices strengthen focus on promoting major investments in agriculture in Central Africa According to reports on the IRIN website, food price inflation over 2012 in the Republic of Congo saw the cassava retail price rise by 160%, meat p... 24/02/2013
Study assesses potential impact of CAP ‘greening’ proposal on developing countries The UK Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has published a study analysing the potential impact on developing countries of a greener EU CAP. The s... 27/01/2013
Developing country impact ignored in major OECD agricultural reforms The impact of agricultural reform in OECD countries on developing countries, such as those in the ACP group, is largely being ignored, according to... 21/01/2013
EU farmers and biofuel industry mobilise against the EC biofuel U-turn In a letter to the European Commission in early October 2012, Copa-Cogeca, the EU farmers’ and agricultural cooperatives’ organisation, affirmed it... 16/12/2012