The PPDCI will be sponsoring another Oil Palm Plantation Management Seminar on October 14, 2010 at Patin-ay Government Training Center, Trento, Agusan del Sur, Region 13 (Caraga) Philippines.
Topics to be covered are the Following: 1. Suitability & Profitability; 2. Nursery Operation and Seedling Material; 3. Agronomics; 4. FFB Quality Standards; 5. Socio-economic Impact of the Industry.
A minimal registration fee will be collected to help defray some of the seminar expenses. Seminar hand-outs, Meals and snacks will be provided.
For more information and reservation, Please contact PPDCI Secretariat at Tel No. +63 64 200 3166, +63 64 288 1531 or email us at ppdci@yahoo.com.ph
The Oil Palm Plantation Management Seminar was successfully conducted on July 8, 2010 at Le Reve, Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. A total of two hundred fifty eight (258) oil palm planters, millers and advocates attended the seminar. The participation is more that double the target number of 100 participants.
The most number of participants came from North Cotabato followed by Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao. There were also participants coming from South Cotabato, Sarangani, Bukidnon, Agusan del sur, Davao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del sur, Davao City, Compostela and Bantayan Island of Cebu province.
The PPDCI will be sponsoring Oil Palm Plantation Management Seminar on July 8, 2010 at Le Reve Resort, Kisante, Makilala, Cotabato (North), Region 12, Philippines.
Topics to be covered are the Following: 1. Suitability & Profitability; 2. Nursery Operation and Seedling Material; 3. Agronomics; 4. FFB Quality Standards; 5. Socio-economic Impact of the Industry.
A registration fee of Four Hundred Pesos (Php400.00) will be collected to help defray some of the seminar expenses. Seminar hand-outs, Meals and snacks will be provided.
For more information and reservation, Please contact PPDCI Secretariat at Tel No. +63 64 200 3166, +63 64 288 1531 or email us at ppdci@yahoo.com.ph
International Palm Oil Conference
The International Oil Palm Conference (IOPC), a quadrennial event organized by the Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute (IOPRI), has consistently booked increasing success since it was started in 1998. The 3rd IOPC 2006 was attended by 785 participants from 15 countries and held 75 Exhibition booths. IOPC is chartered to bring on the latest results and development in sciences, technologies in oil palm and its supporting industries.
Various participants coming from different countries attended The Oil Palm Plantation Expo 2010 in Krabi, Thailand held on March 24-26, 2010. Among the delegates, twelve came from the Philippines as representatives of the Philippine Palm Oil Development Council (PPDCI). Of the twelve delegates, eight were from the Province of Davao (North), two from the Province of North Cotabato (Dr. Ramon 
N. Floresta, Dr Pablito P. Pamplona) and two from the Province of Sultan Kudarat (Erwin Y. Garcia, VP- PPDCI, Engr Vernoulli B. Belgira, KIDI Area Manager, BOT PPDCI).
The group from Davao has the biggest number of delegates since they are planning to establish a 5000 thousand hectare plantation and a palm oil mill to be owned by their cooperative.
The conference covers the topics on latest technologies on oil palm cultivation (Planting and Re – planting), planting on peat soil (Experienced in Indonesia), pest control (No Topics, but provide some brochures on pest control), and sustainable oil palm (Univanich Presentation). Read the rest of this entry »
RP to further develop palm-oil industry, surveys suitable farms.
The Philippines is now eyeing to further develop the local palm-oil industry starting with the survey of farmlands suitable to palm-oil plantations in Bukidnon.
This was disclosed by Jesus Arranza, member of the Philippine Coconut Authority’s (PCA) governing board and incoming president and chief executive officer of the CIIF Oil Mills Group.
“The PCA is set to conduct a topographic survey of around 100,000 hectares of farmlands in Bukidnon. This way, we have something to show investors in terms of where they can locate,” Arranza told reporters in a briefing in Quezon City yesterday.
Arranza said the survey is part of a program approved by the PCA three months ago. He, however, could not say how much money was allocated to the initiative.
The PCA is looking for “contiguous farmlands” as it would be costly for investors to locate plantations and mills in different areas, Arranza explained.
“You have to process palm immediately because delaying the processing would affect the quality of the oil,” Arranza added.
The incoming CIIF official said he is willing to join efforts that encourage investors, particularly Malaysians and Indonesians to locate in the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
The Philippines government is seeking investors from neighboring countries Malaysia and Indonesia to further develop the local palm oil industry.
Manila will also begin the survey of farmlands in Bukidnon that are suitable to oil palm plantations, said Jesus Arranza, incoming president of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund and member of the governing board of the Philippine Coconut Authority.
“The PCA will conduct a topographic survey of around 100,000 hectares of farmlands in Bukidnon. This way, we have something to show investors in terms of where they can locate,” Arranza said.
The topographic survey is part of a program approved by the PCA three months ago, he said.
Contiguous areas will be preferred by the PCA since it will be more cost-effective for investors to locate their plantations and milling plants in one area.
“The plantation and plant should be near each other to allow immediate processing to avoid deterioration of the quality of the oil,” said Arranza. Read the rest of this entry »
Palm Oil comes from the fruit of a palm tree, a tropical species that originated in West Africa, but now grows as hybrid in many parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and Central America. The relatively low priced oil is used for a variety of purposes. The world’s demand for palm oil has soared high in the last two decades first, for its use in food, consumer products and more recently as the raw material for biofuel.
Palm Oil has a variety of uses from food to cosmetics, medicines, lubricants, fertilizers and as biofuel. It is the second most traded vegetable oil in the world next to soybean oil (Casson, 1999). It is also now being used as an ingredient in biodiesel and as a fuel to be burnt in power stations to produce electricity. Thus, there is an increase in the global demand for the commodity.
Figure1. The BIMP-EAGA Region
Overview of the Palm Oil Industry in BIMP-EAGA
The BIMP-EAGA is a region that has been contributing significantly to the palm oil industry for the last two (2) decades. Indonesia and Malaysia account for 87% of the world’s palm oil production. Other countries like Columbia, Nigeria, Thailand and Philippines only account for 13% of the palm oil world production. Read the rest of this entry »
THE PROVINCE of Palawan will be hosting the 6th National Palm Oil Congress to be held at the Asturias Hotel on June 25-26, 2009.
The theme of the national gathering is, “Oil Palm: Solution to global warming, sustainable peace, and enhancing economic stability”.
The congress is jointly organized by Philippine Palmoil Development Council, Inc. and Palawan Palm Oil Development Council.
Stakeholders of the country’s palm oil industry, some of these are Filipinas Palmoil Plantations, Kenram Industrial and Development and Agusan Plantations, Inc. will converge here for the two-day activity.
The first oil palm plantation in the country was established by Menzi and Co. in Basilan. Sometime in 1967, Kenram Philippines, Inc. started converting their ramie plantation into oil palm.
No new plantation was put up until 1981 when NDC, in partnership with Guthrie of Malaysia, organized the Filipinas Palmoil Industry, Inc. and began developing in Agusan del Sur the biggest oil palm plantation in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
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