KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — Southeast Asia needs to gather the region’s top leadership and push the agenda towards a more global solution pertaining to palm oil issues that involve standard certification, while helping to diminish the discrimination against the commodity in the European Union (EU), said Dr Isabelle Tsakok, an economist and consultant in agriculture and rural development.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 — The increasing world population and demand opens up vast potential for palm oil suppliers to explore new markets, but some areas need to be improved to smoothen the whole supply chain and better facilitate purchases by countries or companies.