Sustainable palm oil set for expansion if challenges can be overcome In an interview in October 2012 published on the online news service Foodnavigator.com, Darrel Webber, Secretary General of the Roundtable for... 09/12/2012
Executive Brief Update 2012: Oil crops sector About this update This brief was updated in October 2012 to reflect developments since November 2011. The 2011 publication was based on a full... 28/11/2012
Growing calls for review of EU biofuels policy In a joint statement on 4 September 2012, the heads of FAO, IFAD and WFP called for a review and adjustment of ‘policies currently in place that en... 18/11/2012
Prospects for oil crop markets According to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook for 2012-2021, published in July 2012, oilseed prices since the middle of 2010 have been increasingl... 08/10/2012
Regional investment in oil crop processing in Rwanda The launch of an edible oil and animal feed project in Rwanda, as a result of collaboration between the Tanzanian edible oil processing company Mt... 01/10/2012
The fast-growing palm oil sector defends itself against an attack by large-scale distributors In late June, Côte d'Ivoire's Association of Palm Oil Producers (Association Ivoirienne des Producteurs de Palmiers à Huile/AIPH) brought an action... 09/09/2012
Sustainable palm oil still ahead of canned tuna in Papua New-Guinea trade with EU At the second meeting of the EC–PNG Trade Committee established under the bilateral interim EPA (IEPA), the government of Papua New-Guinea (PNG) in... 31/03/2012
New era dawning for palm oil producers According to analysis on the Agrimoney.com website, the palm oil industry is ‘at the dawn of a new period of expansion’, based on increased investm... 06/02/2012
Policy challenges linked to slow take-up of sustainable palm oil production An online press report on a recent meeting in Indonesia of leaders in sustainable palm oil has highlighted the slow take-up of sustainable palm oil... 07/01/2012
Corporate alliances target soft commodity trade in southern Africa In October, a joint venture was announced between Bunge, one of the top five global soft commodity trading companies, and the South African group S... 04/12/2011