A controversial collaboration: Scientists team up with the palm oil industry
If you can’t beat them, join them. Or so the old adage goes. And that’s exactly what scientists working at the SMART Research Institute (SMATRI) in Indonesia are doing. The oil palm research institute is owned by Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) — part of Sinar Mas, one of the largest palm oil conglomerates in the world.European Scientist, 26 July 2019
, Palm Oil, palm oil research
Teresa Kok: More funds, research needed to counter West’s anti-palm oil campaign
The Primary Industries and Commodities Ministry is in need of more money in order to conduct in-depth research on the benefits of palm oil to counter a worldwide misperception and campaign against it, especially those in western nations.Malay Mail, 14 June 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, palm oil research