KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister and Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof has attended a briefing on the country's palm oil sector and the work of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
MPOB director-general Datuk Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir and researchers also took the opportunity to brief Fadillah on the board's role in leading the oil palm industry and developing palm-based breakthrough technologies.
In a statement today, MPOB said the briefing session was also attended by Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Siti Aminah Aching, Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief executive officer (CEO) Wan Aishah Wan Hamid, Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council CEO Datuk Daud Amatzin and Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation general manager Zamakhshari Muhamad.
Established on May 1, 2000, MPOB is a government agency responsible for the development of the country's palm oil industry, with a primary role was to promote and develop national objectives, policies and priorities.
To drive the industry forward, MPOB had focused on research and development along the entire value spectrum of the industry.
"We embrace a three-pronged strategy to maximise synergies between economic development, environmental stewardship and value addition to ensure that future growth is carried out within a sustainable framework," MPOB added.
To date, MPOB has successfully developed 712 technologies covering all sectors in the oil palm industry, including innovations in the production of food and non-food products. About 32.7 per cent of these technologies have been commercialised and adopted by local industries and entrepreneurs. --Bernama