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Rubber price shrinking after rising in Q1: Gapkindo

North Sumatra, the countrys largest rubber producing province, recorded a 20.98 percent increase in exports to 166,741 ...

Biotech/GM crops surge to a new peak of 185.1 million hectares in 2016

- Today, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its annual report ...

RI, Malaysia poised to set world CPO price

Indonesia and Malaysia, the world largest Crude palm oil (CPO) producers hope they will eventually be able to set the ...

Indonesia, Malaysia expected to decide global CPO price

Malaysias Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is optimistic that Indonesia and Malaysia would be able to decide ...

Indonesia needs to rejuvenate palm oil plantations

With some 11.6 million hectares of plantations, Indonesia needs to rejuvenate its palm oil trees to maintain its ...

CPO export drops but price on the rise

Indonesias export of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives fell by nearly 2 percent to 25.7 million tons in 2016 ...

Indonesia`s planned moratorium on oil palm concessions lauded

President Joko Widodos announcement last week about a plan to impose a moratorium on new permits for oil palm ...

Biotech/GM crops planted on two billion hectares from 1996 to 2015

- Today, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its ...

Indonesia, Malaysia to formulate new palm oil standards

Indonesia and Malaysia are currently in the process of achieving harmonization in palm oil standards as part of an ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Biotech Crops Show Continued Growth, Benefits in 2014, Global Plantings Increase by 6 Million Hectares

- In 2014, a record 181.5 million hectares of biotech crops were grown globally, an increase of more than six million ...

Indonesia set to become world`s largest cocoa producer

Indonesia is set to become the worlds largest cocoa producer in 2020 relegating the Ivory Coast currently the largest ...

Government determined to jack up rubber price:

The price of natural rubber, which is one of the countrys major export earners, has been on the decline in the past ...

CPO biodiesel to help lower state expenditure by US$2.43 bln

The use of crude palm oil (CPO) as biodiesel fuel can reduce the state expenditure by US$2.43 billion, according to ...

Indonesia regrets India`s absence at WTO parliament conference

Indonesia has expressed regret over Indias absence at the World Trade Organization (WTO) parliament conference to ...