Growing pressure for stricter palm oil standards According to Greenpeace, “many confectioners are sidestepping responsibilities on sustainable palm oil by only ensuring that products meet ‘inadequ... 19/01/2014
Executive Brief Update 2013: Oil crops sector 1. Background and key issuesTraditionally oil crops have been grown either primarily for human cons... 20/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013 – West Africa: Agricultural trade policy debates and developments 1. Background and key issuesAfter 6 years of discussions, agreement was reached in 2013 by the Econ... 02/12/2013
New commitments to sustainably sourced palm oil Speaking at the European Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) summit in Berlin in early September 2013, French, German, Austrian and Swiss pal... 21/10/2013
Nigerian processors complain of regional relabelling of imported palm oil In June 2013, “a coalition of associations of people doing business with palm oil in Nigeria” met the Minister for Agriculture, Akinwunmi Adesina,... 02/09/2013
China’s evolving role in global agricultural trade Alongside the OECD-FAO report ‘Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022’, the OECD and FAO have published ‘Focus on China’, highlighting China’s growing role... 19/08/2013
New agreements on fully segregated sustainable palm oil supplies from PNG According to articles published on the website Foodnavigator.com, a new commercial agreement has been concluded between New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (N... 11/08/2013
RSPO members questioned over sustainability of palm oil production GreenPalm, “a certificate trading body… designed to tackle the environmental and social problems created by the production of palm oil”, has publis... 28/04/2013
Prospects for soybean and soybean oil prices in 2013 The website Agrimoney.com has published an assessment of the soya commodity sector in 2012, with a range of analysts’ views on prospects for 2013.... 25/03/2013
Rising food prices strengthen focus on promoting major investments in agriculture in Central Africa According to reports on the IRIN website, food price inflation over 2012 in the Republic of Congo saw the cassava retail price rise by 160%, meat p... 24/02/2013