KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Bank Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wild Asia Sdn Bhd to drive the transition toward more sustainable practices in the palm oil sector.
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia’s cocoa production needs to be increased with the involvement of more industry players and smallholders in an effort to meet the growing market demand for the commodity.
KUALA LUMPUR: FGV Holdings Bhd (FGV) and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) have forged a strategic partnership through a memorandum of collaboration (MoC) to enhance traceability and empower smallholders.
KUALA LUMPUR: Enforcement officers from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will begin surprise checks on palm fruit harvesting companies from early 2025, says Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is targeting more than 90 per cent of independent smallholders (ISH) to achieve Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification by the end of next year.
KUALA KANGSAR: Orang Asli smallholders only need to obtain confirmation letters from their respective state governments to secure a license to sell oil palm fruits they have cultivated.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has successfully mapped around 70 per cent of independent smallholders as part of its project to chart oil palm plantation coverage across the country.
THE P&G Center of Sustainable Small-owners (CSS), at the Asia School of Business (ASB) recently announced the release of the CSS Impact Report 2024 on June 15 highlighting the performance and impact of the P&G Smallholders Program.
KOTA KINABALU: Various stakeholders in the plantation industry took part in a seminar entitled the “Roles of Smallholders in Forest Plantations” in the Sandakan East Coast district on Tuesday (July 23).
KUALA LUMPUR: The average income of rubber smallholders has increased to RM436 per month as of May, marking a 40% rise due to the implementation of the agrofood initiative by the Rubber Industry Smallholder Development Authority (Risda).
KUALA LUMPUR: A Cabinet paper to address problems faced by rubber smallholders is being drawn up by the Rural and Regional Development Ministry and Plantation and Commodities Ministry.
LUSAKA, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Thursday launched an agricultural mechanization strategy aimed at helping smallholder farmers improve their productivity.
SINGAPORE: To mitigate the effects of rice cultivation on climate change and meet rising demand for rice, researchers in Singapore have come up with a way to grow it more sustainably.
ARAU: The government aims to generate RM9bil from the sale of treated rubberwood through the replanting programme under the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda).
KUALA LUMPUR: The allocation of incentives for oil palm replanting programmes may be increased if companies working in the industry can prove that they will work with smallholders, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government, through the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, has allocated RM255mil to help ease the burden of rubber smallholders affected by this year's monsoon season.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM255mil has been allocated through the Rural and Regional Development Ministry to ease the burden of rubber smallholders affected by this year’s monsoon season, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is proposing to consolidate oil palm smallholder planters to form bigger patches so they will be easier to manage.
The Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project in Cambodia has won the prestigious International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gender Award, the project's implementer said in a statement on Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Plantations and Commodities and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) are intensifying efforts to enable more palm oil smallholders to comply with the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification (MSPO) scheme.