Bangladesh is interested to have a government-to-government buying arrangement to ensure there is steady supply and price of palm oil
The Bangladeshi government is keen to procure palm oil from Malaysia using its state-owned trading arm to ensure consistent edible…

The Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia as chairman of the D8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, was commited to achieve the Kuala Lumpur Initiative of strengthening collaboration in production and distribution of quality agriculture inputs
The…

D-8 Secretary General, H.E Dipo Alam, in his statement stated that the “Kuala Lumpur Initiative” provides a pragmatic approach to determine the scope of cooperation amongst the D-8 Countries
The United Nations hosted a World Food Summit between November 16…

Oil palm plantations on average produce 3.9 tons of oil per hectare per year
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics announced on November 9, that a consortium co-led by the Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre of MPOB…

The usage of palm oil is still relatively limited to edible items, and has not yet effectively explored for the usage in bio-diesel purposes
Malaysia has made an offer to the Turkish government to refine crude palm oil in Turkey…

Bangladesh expects a summer rice crop of 19 million tonnes
Bangladesh expects a summer rice crop of 19 million tonnes, 1 million tonnes above target, because of a rise in cultivated area, a senior official of the agriculture ministry said…

D-8 has identified some potential cooperation to combat the rising food prices threat, one of them is establishing a Seeds Bank in D-8 Countries
The Egyptian International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Director General Dr. Mahmoud…

The meeting in Abuja will be covering diverse issues related to technology, including biodiesel technologies for the benefit of D-8 countries
Biodiesel producer Mission Biotechnologies Sdn Bhd became the first Asian company to receive the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification…

Workers at a poultry facility in Bolu packing chickens for sale. Turkish poultry producers have pinned their hopes on increasing exports particularly to neighbor countries, as well as to D-8 market
Turkey’s poultry exports in the first quarter of 2009…

Pakistan says volatility in oil prices, environmental concerns have enhanced need for developing alternative fuel
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday asked the government to take measures on war footing to achieve self-reliance in indigenous fuel. Addressing a briefing…