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Global economic growth of India is mounting at a faster rate. The demand for fuel efficiency, environmental quality and energy security have stimulated an attention to promote sustainable energy development feasible to meet the rapidly increasing demand in transportation fuels, as well...
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Iqbal Rafani
Researcher, Indonesian Center for Agricultural Socio Economic
and Policy Studies (ICASEPS), Ministry of Agriculture, the Republic of Indonesia
Email: iqbalrafani@yahoo.com, iqbalrafani@gmail.com
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It is believed that there is a need for compliance to...
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ABSTRACT
Agricultural biotechnology was considered a future technology for many nations, including Malaysia. This technology generates economic value and contributes significantly to the Gross National Products (GNP). The application of biotechnology in agriculture helps enhance the food...
Malaysia will delay the nationwide rollout of its B20 palm oil biodiesel mandate to early 2022 to prioritise an economy that has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, state news agency Bernama reported late Thursday.
The mandate to manufacture biofuel with a 20% palm oil component - known as B20 - for the transport sector was first rolled out in January last year, and was set to be fully implemented across the country by mid-June 2021.
"Nationwide we are giving priority for the government's post COVID-19 economic recovery plan, which is more crucial," Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry secretary general Ravi Muthayah was quoted as saying.
"We have limited resources and must identify priorities," he said.
Rival and top producer Indonesia has also pushed back plans to raise the bio-content of palm oil-based biodiesel to 40% and instead raised export levies to finance its B30 programme after the pandemic triggered a collapse in crude oil prices.
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