Of Mud, Manuscripts and Men: When Planters Took Up the Pen
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JAKARTA – e EU and Indonesia have reached a political agreement under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that will allow Indonesian palm oil to enter Europe at zero percent tari within a set quota. Volumes beyond the quota will face a 3% tari , far lower than the 19% levy the US will impose from August 2025. Palm oil had been a sticking point in negotiations, especially with the EU’s deforestation regulation (EUDR) requiring proof that imports are not linked to deforested land. e law takes e ect end-2025 for large and medium companies. Indonesia has pushed for EU recognition of its Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certi cation, which o cials say has now been accepted.
EU to Allow Indonesian Palm Oil at Zero Tari Under CEPA
e CEPA, expected to take e ect next year, will see 80% of Indonesia’s EU-bound exports enjoy zero tari s. e EU imported €17.5 billion from Indonesia in 2024, and the deal comes as the bloc seeks to diversify markets amid US trade tensions.
Not All Palms Are Created Equal
A piece by the author re ects on oil palm—better known as “sawit” in Malaysia and Indonesia—as a name steeped in history, culture, and even a dash of humour. From its Javanese origins meaning “one tree trunk” or “necklace,” to the Sundanese moniker salak minyak (oil snake fruit) evoking its spiky likeness to salak fruit, the term captures the crop’s rich and enduring ties to Southeast Asia. Beyond linguistics, sawit names pepper towns, hills, and roads—from Kelapa Sawit in Johor, a Hakka cultural hub with ghostly folklore, to Salak Tinggi and Mount Salak in Indonesia.
He argues that accuracy matters. e oil palm industry refers to upstream plantations, while palm oil industry covers downstream processing. Confusing the two—or worse, using date palm images—misleads public perception.
Only the African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) delivers the high yields that make palm oil a global edible oil powerhouse. Misidenti cation in media and AI-generated images trivialises an industry built on hard eld work. Getting the names, images, and facts right isn’t just semantics—it’s respect for an industry that fuels livelihoods and economies.
JAKARTA — e European Union (EU) has agreed to recognize Indonesian palm oil as a sustainable commodity under the Indonesia–EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA), the trade ministry (Kemendag) announced.
International Trade Negotiation Director General Djatmiko Bris Witjaksono said the recognition is a strategic breakthrough, enhancing market access for palm oil and derivatives, particularly in Europe. For the rst time in CEPA history, palm oil is explicitly included in a special protocol, re ecting Indonesia’s strengthened bargaining position.
Djatmiko noted the EU uses palm oil extensively in energy, food, and industrial products, and this agreement a rms Indonesia’s role as a responsible, eco-friendly producer. Kemendag expects it to boost exports and improve the industry’s global image.
EU to Recognise Indonesian Palm Oil as Sustainable
Under IEU-CEPA
(25 May 2025)
Bilateral trade between Indonesia and the EU reached US$30.1 billion in 2024, with Indonesia recording a US$4.5 billion surplus, up from US$2.5 billion in 2023.
Indonesia’s top exports to the EU include palm oil, copper ores, oleochemicals, footwear, coconut cake, steel, cocoa butter, copra, rubber products, and machinery.
“Looking ahead, Indonesia remains committed to producing palm oil based on sustainability principles,” Djatmiko said, calling the recognition a catalyst for deeper economic ties with the EU.
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(12 August 2025)
Malaysia’s palm oil export value is driven largely by processed products, Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Ghani told the Dewan Rakyat. In 2024, Malaysia exported 15.39 million metric tonnes of palm oil, with processed palm oil (PPO) making up 11.69 million tonnes worth RM50.73 billion. Crude palm oil (CPO) accounted for just 3.69 million tonnes worth RM15.09 billion—only 24% of exports.
Palm-based product exports totalled 14.8 million tonnes valued at RM53.44 billion, up from RM46.3 billion in 2023. Johari said this re ects growth in value-added downstream products, reducing reliance on CPO.
He noted CPO remains important for markets like India, Kenya and the Netherlands. e ministry is promoting high-value products such as biodiesel, oleochemicals, and tocotrienols through R&D by MPOB, promotional activities and market expansion by MPOC, MSPO certi cation and industry modernisation to ensure Malaysia’s palm oil remains competitive and sustainable.
CPO prices are under pressure as Malaysian stockpiles hit 2.23 million tonnes in July, the highest in 19 months, driven by stronger output and weaker exports to India and China. Analysts expect prices to trade between RM3,800 and RM4,500 per tonne for 2025, with current futures at RM4,220.
CPO Prices Face Pressure Amid 19-Month High
(7 August 2025)
CIMB’s Ivy Ng and BIMB’s Sa a Amanina foresee high inventories persisting until October, tempered by potential biodiesel demand in Indonesia and restocking in India ahead of Deepavali. Risks include seasonal peak production, US soybean harvests, weather disruptions, and narrowing price gaps with soybean oil. Former palm oil executive Joseph Tek views current stock levels as neutral, noting shi ing consumption patterns and domestic use in Indonesia. He remains cautiously optimistic, projecting prices between RM4,100 and RM4,500 per tonne, in uenced by biodiesel blending trends, US biofuel policy, and production in Malaysia and Indonesia. While near-term sentiment is cautious, structural demand drivers could keep prices steady.
Ageing Trees reaten Palm Oil Supply
(5 August 2025)
Malaysian oil palm growers face a common dilemma among smallholders: his ageing oil palms yield less fruit, but replanting means losing income for three to ve years until new trees bear crops. Reduced subsidies make the decision harder.
Palm oil — used in food, cosmetics, and cleaning products — supplies over half the world’s vegetable oil, with Malaysia and Indonesia producing 85% of crude output. But a er decades of growth, combined exports from both are projected to slow sharply as ageing trees and Indonesia’s biodiesel push cut supply.
Smallholders, who manage 40% of plantations, are key to the supply chain. Reuters calculations suggest exports could drop up to 20% in ve years, with tree conditions worse than o cial estimates.
Industry veterans Dorab Mistry and M.R. Chandran estimate over half of Malaysian smallholder palms are past peak age, a trend con rmed by interviews and data showing a rising share of trees over 20 years old.
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When Planters Took Up the Pen
By Joseph Tek Choon Yee
A er spending over three decades dodging leeches, navigating monsoons and corporate boardroom, and managing more eldwork than I care to count, I’ve read my fair share of plantation books. Many were informative. Some were dry. But a rare few? ey didn’t just inform me - they spoke to me. ey didn’t sit politely on the shelf; they wrestled their way into my soul, boots and all.
ese weren’t just books lled with yield charts and anecdotes. ey were stories with heartbeat and humour, written by men who didn’t just work the land—they lived it, sweated in it and somehow found the words to bring it all to life.
And for me, they were more than stories. I had met these authors. Walked some of their paths. Shared their world. Which makes it all the more satisfying to share a few of these literary gems with you.
The Man Who Gave Us 3Ws: Weevils, Words and a Way Forward
I was still green when I rst caught a glimpse of the Leslie Davidson. It was one of those grand PORIM or ISP conferences - plenty of neckties, name tags and nervous handshakes. I was probably more focused on the dessert spread than the keynote. en someone leaned in and whispered, “ at’s Davidson.”
He didn’t speak loudly. He didn’t need to. e man had the presence of someone who’d gone a few rounds with the jungle and come out wiser, if slightly mosquito-bitten. I took mental note: Must check this man out.
Years later, that moment found its sequel. Enter Purushothaman Kumaran—Puru to the IJM crowd—who had worked with Davidson at Unilever. He handed me a book like it was a rare bottle of whisky. “East of Kinabalu. You need to read this.” His tone? Somewhere between holy scripture and secret recipe.
And read it I did.
Only then did I understand what made Davidson a legend. He wasn’t just a planter—he was a pollination prophet. e man who brought us Elaeidobius kamerunicus, the mighty weevil with a work ethic that would put most interns to shame. is tiny insect put an end to the era of manual pollination - turning every oil palm into a self-su cient, bug-powered factory.
But East of Kinabalu isn’t a technical manual - it’s a thunderous tale of mud, oods, hilarity and hard-won progress. Imagine starting on a soggy tobacco estate with nothing but an attap hut and a stubborn dream. at’s where Davidson began. And by the time he was done? Over 20,000 acres of oil palm stood tall along Sabah’s Labuk River.
e book is part jungle memoir, part engineering feat and part stand-up routine in khaki shorts. It’s full of wit, mishaps, wild nights and wilder insects. It doesn’t romanticise the planter’s life - but it honours it, warts and weevils and all.
Back at IJM, I became a sort of Davidson disciple. I raided the ISP in KL stockroom like a literary bandit, stu ed suitcases full of books, and handed them out like Gideon Bibles in IJM estate o ces. Every young executive under my care in Sabah got a copy. Not as a souvenir - but as a spark. A reminder of why we do what we do. And yes, a quiet push to improve their English too.
So, if you’re in the industry and haven’t read East of Kinabalu, you’re not just missing a good story - you’re skipping the blueprint of your own profession.
Find it. Read it. Pass it on. Let Davidson’s journey light the re for your own. He may have hung up his planter’s boots and passed on, but his legacy walks on. His weevils still buzz with purpose. And his words? ey still hum through the palms, calling the next generation to pick up the torch - and maybe the pen too.
Tales Beyond the Bungalow: Where Diesel Meets Drama
Ever wondered what plantation life was really like - not the gin-and-tonic-on-the-lawn version, but the real-deal, mud-on-your-boots, cobra-under-your-cupboard kind of life? Forget the glossy brochures and sepia-toned colonial postcards. e truth was never so well-dressed.
Welcome to Mahbob Abdullah’s world - equal parts mosquito repellent, mischief and miracles. In his twin volumes, Planter’s Tales and Planter Upriver, he doesn’t just tell stories - he hauls you, with a grin and a wink, deep into the sweaty, sweltering, snake-studded tropics where estate managers did battle daily… sometimes with wild boars, o en with tractors, and occasionally with head o ce.
ese 120 stories in total aren’t polite recollections. ey’re full-throttle, palm-frond- apping, laugh-out-loud eld reports from a man who saw it all and lived to type it up. Mahbob doesn’t just write - he roars. His prose smells of diesel, simmers like sh curry, and squelches with the damp weight of monsoon-soaked socks.
With the wit of a seasoned camp re storyteller and the eye of someone who’s had to rebuild a bridge before breakfast, Mahbob takes you on a whirlwind tour: from the estates of Perak, Johor, and Sabah, to the far- ung wilds of Cameroon, Zaire, Ghana, Nigeria and the Solomon Islands. If Indiana Jones ever swapped his whip for gumboots and a yield forecast, this would be his memoir.
But Mahbob isn’t just recounting jungle capers. He’s documenting a lifestyle that many know of, but few have captured so vividly - where diplomacy with stubborn machinery was as crucial as diplomacy with workers and sta , and where a successful day o en ended with mud on your boots and a story in your pocket. And trust me, the man has stories.
Now, if you’re ever lucky enough to be invited to dinner with Mahbob and his ever-gracious wife, Maznah, cancel your other plans. Not because of the food but because Mahbob in person is a storytelling force of nature. He doesn’t just recount. He performs.
Voices? Check. Sound e ects? You bet. Eyebrow raises and strategic pauses? Absolutely. And Maznah, poised beside him, is part editorial board, part comic relief - adding clari cations, correcting embellishments and occasionally outpacing him in punchlines. (Opphs…)
e result? An evening that turns into an estate theatre production - with dinner as a bonus. Just be sure to belanja them. at’s the unspoken fee for being transported to a golden age of planting, one hilarious, heartfelt anecdote at a time.
From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s, Mahbob’s illustrious career unfolded under the sprawling banner of Unilever Plantations. And while most would struggle with just rubber and oil palm, he decided to spice it up with cocoa, coconuts and - why not - cattle. When you’re already juggling monsoons, labour strikes and generator tantrums, what’s a few cows between friends?
Mahbob wasn’t managing an estate - he was conducting a jungle orchestra. And it played everything from highland
His eld notes, captured in these books, o er far more than entertainment. ey’re a living record of what it took to make things work in the tropics before AI, drones, dashboards or air-conditioned eld visits. His writing is tactile - you can feel the heat, hear the cicadas and smell the smoke from a
Mahbob’s universe is populated with characters who linger in the imagination long a er the nal paragraph. ere are quirky colleagues who could sweet-talk a crocodile, labourers who worked like heroes and bosses who could terrify tigers with just a glare. ere are Land Rovers with personalities, snakes with bad timing and generators with worse ones.
Each character, even the cold-blooded ones, is drawn with a ection, humour and an eye for detail. ey don’t just populate his stories - they power them.
Mahbob’s tales aren’t just soaked in nostalgia - they’re soaked in grit. Improvisation wasn’t a trait - it was a survival skill. Whether it was rebuilding a bridge washed away in the night, xing a bulldozer having a tantrum or resolving labour tension with humour and heart, Mahbob’s world was one of problem-solvers.
He reminds us that estate managers weren’t colonial caricatures. ey were plumbers, pioneers, philosophers, mediators and mechanics - sometimes all before lunch. And while the tools have changed, the spirit he captures is timeless.
Mahbob’s words still echo in e Sun and e Planter, where he has also shared his re ections -witty, warm and as nourishing as a strong kopi-O a er muster. His collected works deserve to be compiled, preserved, translated and handed to every young manager as part of their initiation. Because this is more than history - it’s humour, heritage, and heart rolled into one.
And for those already hooked? Good news: three more books are apparently in the works. e jungle, it seems, still has a few stories le to tell.
So, if you're ready to trade your screen for a story, your spreadsheet for a safari - make yourself a strong cup of tea, or kopi-O if you must. Sink into that rattan chair. Let the ceiling fan hum overhead. And crack open Mahbob
Listen carefully. Beneath the laughter and the leeches, the thunder and the tractors - you might just hear the
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Uncle Boon: Statesman in Soil and Spirit
If Mahbob Abdullah is the planter world’s cheeky raconteur, then the late Datuk Boon Weng Siew -“Uncle Boon” to those who knew him - is its wise, quietly formidable elder. He was not one to raise his voice or chase the limelight. But when he spoke, people listened - not out of obligation, but out of respect.
His memoir, Uncle Boon Remembers - A Pioneer Malaysian Planter, isn’t just a book. It’s a time machine wrapped in a rubber tapper’s apron. rough its pages, we walk alongside him - from the so thok-thok of rubber tapping in the 1940s to the mechanical roar of the oil palm boom, from British Malaya through Japanese Occupation, the Emergency, and all the way into Merdeka and modern Malaysia.
Uncle Boon didn’t just witness history - he helped lay the foundations, acre by painstaking acre. He was a front-row participant in the transformation of Malaysia’s agricultural backbone. As the longest-serving President of the Malaysian Estate Owners’ Association (MEOA), his ngerprints are embedded in every policy shi , every negotiated regulation, every late-night crisis meeting that helped steer the industry forward.
Yet, like a good estate road, his leadership was quiet but solid. No fanfare. No drama. Just dependable, steady traction - until you realized the distance you had covered under his guidance.
I know this rsthand. I had the unenviable honour of succeeding him as MEOA President. Let’s just say I tried my best - and kept a spare pair of walking shoes close. Because walking in Uncle Boon’s tracks wasn’t easy. e man had terrain-mapping instincts and the ability to build bridges - literal and gurative -with equal nesse.
e book itself? A labour of love, many memories - and quite a few curry pu s. It came together through the collective wisdom of seasoned hands - Jacqueline Foo, Khoo Khee Ming, M R Chandran, Mahbob Abdullah, and Dina Fuad - with the generous patronage of KLK’s Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian. is wasn’t just a biography - it was an heirloom. A literary Merdeka medal.
Reading Uncle Boon Remembers is like sitting under a rubber tree (don’t forget the mosquito repellent), listening to an elder recount not just how the land was worked - but why it mattered. His voice - calm, measured, purposeful - still echoes through the pages. ere’s no embellishment, just insight. No theatrics, just clarity. e wisdom of a man who knew when to act, when to listen, and when to simply let the crops speak for themselves.
He reminds us that plantation leadership isn’t all about policies or pro ts. It’s about stewardship. About holding the soil with dignity and passing it on richer than before.
John Dodd: The Gentleman Rogue of the Rubber Belt
We’ve all seen the colonial caricatures - the monocled Brit with a gin in one hand and a disinterested stare under a ceiling fan. But A Company of Planters, by the late John Dodd, takes that dusty stereotype, gives it a sharp jab in the ribs, and o ers us something far more colourful: a witty, wry, and occasionally wicked window into post-war British Malaya.
Dodd arrived in Malaya in 1956 with a freshly pressed diary, a head full of dreams, and what appears to be a healthy disregard for dull moments. His memoir, written in a series of letters to his father and best friend back in England, is nothing short of a literary cocktail - equal parts stengah, satire and sincere a ection for the land and people.
Sure, there are the expected club nights, the romantic adventures (decoded with colonial discretion), and the requisite wrestling matches with bureaucratic absurdity. But beneath the humour lies a genuine respect for the world he inhabited. He wasn’t just growing rubber - he was navigating a country on the cusp of change, where every thunderstorm carried political undercurrents, and every quiet plantation corner could conceal either a snake or a Communist insurgent.
Life in those days was anything but uneventful. Dodd’s world was jungle-thick with tension and transformation. e Malayan Emergency was still simmering, independence was on the horizon, and the British Empire was folding its tents. Yet amidst this, Dodd managed to nd time for humour, humanity—and yes, romance with a local air.
I met Dodd in 1991, long a er the British ag had been lowered. He’d retired to Ellar Estate in Johor, still exuding that unmistakable colonial elegance. e handshake was rm, the bearing was upright, and the voice was a cross between BBC Radio 4 and a friendly lion. ere was no air of superiority, just a quiet gentlemanliness that felt timeless.
If Leslie Davidson’s book was a blueprint and Mahbob’s a livewire, then Dodd’s is a time capsule—written with ink, irreverence, and immense charm. His wit doesn’t just entertain—it disarms. His love for Malaya wasn’t super cial - it was lived, awed, and real. And though Dodd passed in 2023, his stories live on, like traces of old roads on a plantation map - faded, yes, but never truly gone.
He may have started as a guest of Empire, but he le as part of our shared story. And in the end, his greatest yield wasn’t latex. It was laughter, legacy, and the reminder that sometimes, a diary can leave deeper roots than a rubber tree.
Let’s Inspire Before We Expire
If Davidson gave us the weevil that saved us, if Mahbob gave us the laughs that sustained us, if Uncle Boon gave us the discipline that grounded us, and Dodd gave us the charm that lightened the load - what’s le for us to give?
Legacy.
But not legacy as a monument. Legacy as a movement.
Because these books - these living, leafy testamentsdon’t just tell stories. ey preserve an entire world built on mud, muscle, and mad persistence. ey are not dusty recollections or indulgent nostalgia. ey are living, breathing blueprints of grit, wit, and sheer pioneering nerve - etched by men who braved leeches, oods, and bureaucracy to leave something behind that wasn’t a plaque, but a path.
ey cleared forests, built empires from sap and sweat, and navigated not just terrain, but politics, nationhood, and identity. ey stitched together the national narrative from the underside—from the furrows in the elds, the rhythms of the estates, the backs of lorries and the smell of fresh latex at dawn. And now, their voices echo back—not as faint memories, but as rm reminders: “We did our part. What about you?”
So whether you’re a planter with decades under your belt, a fresh graduate wondering what an estate looks like without Google Maps, a policymaker crunching numbers without touching soil, or simply a curious citizen who’s ever questioned how Malaysia’s economy came to rest on the shoulders of rubber and oil palm - these books are your essential eld kit.
ey aren’t just their stories. ey’re ours.
And just as they wrote theirs on typewriters, in notebooks, on fading receipts or with a drink in hand and a sparkle in their eye - perhaps it’s time we wrote ours too.
Write it in journals. Record it in WhatsApp threads. Speak it into the smoke of morning muster. Scribble it into the margins of your monthly reports. Pass it on, not just for memory, but for meaning.
Let us aspire to inspire - before we inevitably expire. Because the jungle is still whispering. e land still listens. And the story is far from over.
So go on - brew that strong kopi-O. Or, if the hour is kind and your beliefs permit, pour a bold stengah (the old planter’s favourite: whisky and soda over ice). en sink into that creaky rattan chair, let the ceiling fan spin like time itself, and crack open one of these gems.
e jungle is calling - not with carbon reports or compliance checklists, but with stories. Wild, witty and wonderfully human.
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Green Agenda Fading, West Abandoning Sustainability
Prof Dato Dr Ahmad Ibrahim
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For years, sustainability has preoccupied the world. e call to go green has been growing louder as evidence of climate change has proved more convincing. e 2015 Paris Agreement to curb GHG emissions was pivotal. COP meetings were held yearly to decide on the next move. e next one, COP 30, will be hosted by Brazil. Businesses worldwide have been pressured to comply with sustainability reporting. e ESG is the latest. But there is a noticeable hesitancy to abandon fossil-based energy, a key step in climate change mitigation. is was evident at COP meetings. Many are worried about how abandoning coal will impact the economy. When the US, a major emitter, announced quitting the Paris Agreement, many are contemplating the same. A few banking institutions have announced backing out of earlier commitments to support green nancing. Many are now asking, Is green fading? What will be the implications for the world?
A few articles have appeared in recent months articulating the fact that there is a growing fatigue about sustainability. Is the world giving up hope? ough sustainability remains a critical global issue, recent geopolitical and economic challenges have led to shi s in Western policies and priorities. While some Western nations appear to be scaling back certain climate commitments, others are doubling down. Many are concerned about the key trends. ere have been mixed signals from Western governments. Some countries, like the UK, have delayed key net-zero targets (pushing back the ban on petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035). e U.S. has also approved new fossil fuel projects (the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska) despite earlier climate pledges.
High energy costs (partly due to the Ukraine war) have led some European nations to reopen coal plants temporarily, raising concerns about long-term sustainability commitments. Right-wing parties in Europe (Germany’s AfD, Italy’s Meloni government) oppose aggressive climate regulations, framing them as economically harmful. But the U.S. In ation Reduction Act (IRA) and EU Green Deal are still driving massive investments in renewables, EVs, and clean tech. California has not swayed from earlier commitments. Many Western companies (Apple, Microso , Unilever) are maintaining or even increasing sustainability commitments due to investor and consumer pressure. Many believe that in the end of the day, consumer pressures will prevail, despite the political backtracking. Breakthroughs in green hydrogen, battery storage, and carbon capture are keeping sustainability innovation alive.
ere are also geopolitical and competitive factors at play. Western competition with China in solar, batteries, and EVs is leading to protectionist policies (U.S. tari s, EU probes into Chinese subsidies). Western nations are prioritising energy security, sometimes at the expense of global climate cooperation. So, is the West abandoning sustainability? Maybe not complete abandonment. While short-term economic and political pressures are causing some backtracking, long-term commitments (like net-zero by 2050) remain in place. e West is balancing immediate energy security with gradual decarbonisation, rather than outright rejecting sustainability. If policy delays continue, the West could lose its leadership in the global green transition to China and other emerging economies.
Clearly, the West is not abandoning sustainability entirely but is facing a complex adjustment period. Economic instability, energy security concerns, and political polarisation are slowing progress, while technological and corporate momentum keep the transition alive. e next few years will be crucial in determining whether Western nations recommit to aggressive climate action or continue down a more fragmented path. As of now, it appears the East is taking the lead. China, once used as the punching bag of the West on sustainability issues, is now seen as turning the tables around. anks to the country’s impressive socio-economic performance for decades now, China is now showing better commitment to the a airs of the environment. Malaysia is also blessed with the leadership to stay unwavering on the path of sustainability. Despite Malaysia’s growing economic prowess, there are still some who think we still live on tree tops. e colonial mindset is still alive with such individuals, though the number is declining. Pity them!
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Bali International Convention Centre (BICC), Bali, Nusa Dua, Indonesia
12-14 November
MPOB International Palm Oil Congress and Exhibition (PIPOC) 2025
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18 - 20 November
2nd Unlocking Revenue and Sustainability: Exploring Carbon Credit Opportunities in the Palm Oil Industry 2025 (Biomass Edition)Kuala Resorts World Awana, Genting Highlands, Malaysiai
5 - 6 December
Palm Oil Economic Review and Outlook (R&O) Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
12 - 13 January
Palm Oil Conference (POC) 2026 TBC, Kuala Lumpur
9 - 11 February
PALMEX Malaysia 2026 Hall 4 & 5, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
