Agriculture

CPO Industries will be certified: Concrete measure for sustainable CPO industry

Jakarta, Indonesia, November 08, 2007

Crude Palm Oil producers will be certified. The certification process is expected to be introduced from year 2008, said Indonesian Agriculture Minister, Anton Apriantono in a palm oil conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday (7/11/2007), as reported by ...

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Iran will pioneer a D-8 Meeting on Organic Agriculture and Medical Herbs

Tehran, Iran, September 19, 2007

Following the initatitive of Secretary General in the 23rd Commissioners Meeting in Jakarta last May, 2007, regarding the need of D-8 to pay more attention on the potency of organic products, organic agriculture, medical herbs, since this sectros has multifunction ...

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D-8 Looking Forward to Establish a Capacity Building Workshop on Organic Products

Geneva, Switzerland, September 13, 2007

During a discussion with working partners at UNCTAD in Geneva, May 2007, D-8 Secretariat through her Secretary General brought the topic of challenges and opportunities of developing organic products in developing countries. According to the available data and recent observations, ...

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Pakistan-Bangladesh trade to be escalated to $1 billion

Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 05, 2007

Pakistan has agreed to sell rice to Bangladesh as part of efforts to raise annual bilateral trade to $1.0 billion, officials of the two countries said on Thursday, after a two-day meeting in Dhaka. “We export 1.5 million tonnes of ...

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Bangladesh Calls for More Business to Egypt and Indonesia

Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 28, 2007

Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed said on Tuesday last week that Bangladesh is very enthusiastic to diversify cooperation with Egypt especially in the fields of agriculture, pharmaceutical, jute, and trade and investment for the benefit of the countries. ...

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Indonesia Finally Creates Palm Oil Chamber

Jakarta, Indonesia, June 01, 2007

After being delayed for seven years, the Indonesian Palm Oil Chamber (DMSI) has been finally set up, along the lines of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). Indonesian Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said DMSI, like MPOB, will be responsible for ...

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Malaysia to hold first palm oil fair in Egypt

Cairo, May 21, 2007

Malaysia will hold the first Malaysia-Egypt Palm Oil Trade Fair and Seminar in Cairo this month, local media reported Wednesday. The two-day event, which will kick off next Monday, is expected to bring together oils and fats marketers, traders, economists ...

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Indonesia expecting record palm oil yield

Jakarta, Indonesia, May 03, 2007

Indonesia remains on course to become the world’s leading palm oil producer with output for the year expected to reach a record 17.4m tonnes, according to local news reports. Derom Bangun, head of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association, predicted that ...

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