Demand for RI’s Palm Oil Increases in Egypt
Cairo – The demand for Indonesian palm oil products has been continually increasing in Egypt and neighboring cou…
Recent News
Gapki: No Layoffs In Palm Oil Industry During Pandemic
JAKARTA – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) reported that there has been no layoffs in the palm oil in…
Science Should Play Bigger Role In Informing Palm Oil
Palm oil has long been a polarizing topic in national and international media – frequently painted either as a c…
Sustainability Solutions Shouldn’t Be Driven By Boycotts
LONDON — Vilifying one fat or oil could be a losing strategy in solving various sustainability issues around the…
Do Oil Palm Growers Cause Forest Fires?
JAKARTA – Oil Palm growers have been very often blamed as the cause of forest and land fires (Karhutla). The Ind…
RI-Malaysia Strengthens Bilateral Ties On Palm Oil
JAKARTA – Economic Coordinating Minister Airlangga Hartarto said that Indonesia and Malaysia have strengthened t…
Researchers Prove Health Benefits of Red Palm Oil
The health benefits of olive oil have been touted for many hundreds of years. More recently, coconut oil has bec…
EU’s Palm Oil Ban Ruins Global Smallholders’ livings
The European Union (EU) occasionally implements policies that produce unintended, even harmful effects on histor…
President Jokowi: One Day We’ll Stop CPO Export
JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that Indonesia is not afraid being sued by other countries at the…
Discrimination Still Haunting Palm Oil
JAKARTA — Many people in Indonesia and foreign countries are still discriminating the palm oil as they keep seei…
Smallholders’ Partnerships Improve CPO Sustainability
JAKARTA – The oil palm plantation fund management board (BPDPKS) has been continually trying to strengthen the p…
Palm Oil Exports Pushed Up By Energy Crisis in India and China
JAKARTA – The energy crisis in India and China has driven up the palm oil exports of Indonesia. “Palm oil export…