Front Cover
From the desk of the editor-in-chief
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Cover Story
Healing Power of Palm Oil
A remedy for an array of ailments
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Sustainability
Operation MS-SPO
A model for managing sustainable palm oil production
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On the way..
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Climate Change Challenge
Co-operate more, to manage risks
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Bio-fuels
Reverse Thrust
Pros and cons of the right way to
‘grow’ bio-fuel
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China in a Fix
In real life - the food versus fuel debate
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Shipping
Ferrying Palm Oil
There are excellent shipping services for the industry
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Nutrition
Through the Fats Maze
Consider the big picture in dietary intake
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Evolving Attitudes
Tracking US perceptions of dietary fat
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Nutrition Briefs
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Markets
Pricing: The X Factor
If the fundamentals of vegetable oil prices have not changed, what has?
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Witnessing History
Records are being set in the commodity sector
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India: Impressive Prospects
Why palm oil producers should
build on trade ties
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Boosting Animal Feed
Palm-based by-products have proved their worth
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Target: Africa
A Kenya-based company eyes expansion
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Market Analysis
Promise of Plenty
Palm oil producers will enjoy 2008
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Market Briefs
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Food Technology
Palm Oil and Food Fats
This is the fifth article on formulating margarines, not bakery fats
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Branding & Marketing
A Natural Urge
Branding is a throwback to survival instincts
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Figures that Matter
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Publications
Michaelamah and Her Daughter
Of life among the workers
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Announcement
East of Kinabalu
Tales from the Borneo jungle
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Pullout
Palm Oil - One with Nature
All about sustainable oil palm planting and palm oil production
Back Cover