Liberia: Smart Media Group To Honor Mr. Shanid Aluppy And SRC
The Smart Media Group publisher of an online news magazine “Smart News Liberia” is expected to honor Mr. Shanid Aluppy, General Manager of the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) in Weala, Margibi County as General Manager of the year and the and SRC as Rubber Plantation...
Is Boycotting Palm Oil Really the Best Thing to Do?
The palm oil situation is bad, but some people argue that it would be worse if replaced by other vegetable oils. It’s nearly impossible to avoid palm oil these days. The most popular edible oil in the world can be found in everything from lotion and toothpaste...
Au Cameroun, l’accélération des investissements par les raffineurs fait exploser la demande d’huile de palme, à plus d’un million de tonnes
Profitant des avantages prévus par la loi de 2013 portant incitation à l’investissement privé en République du Cameroun, les transformateurs des oléagineux (production des huiles raffinées, savons de ménage et de toilette, etc.) ont accéléré les investissements dans...
Somatic Embryogenesis as Key Technology for Shaping the Rubber Tree of the Future
Worldwide, Hevea producers face the need to replant large surfaces in the coming years. The rubber yield per ha, produced by trees grafted on heterogeneous illegitimate seedling rootstocks, has reached its maximum. For long-standing Hevea clones, as for a lot of other...
JNCE 2018 : San Pedro accueille les chefs d’entreprises
Les meilleurs chefs d’entreprises de la région de San Pedro ont été récompensés, ce vendredi 02 Décembre 2018 lors de la cérémonie des « Awards régionaux des Chefs d’entreprises (ARCE)» des Journées Nationales des chefs d’entreprises (JNCE), en présence du Premier...
Sierra Leone Telegraph to Visit Socfin Agricultural Company
In the next few weeks, an independent team of investigators from the Sierra Leone Telegraph will be paying a courtesy visit to Socfin Agricultural Company in the Sahn-Malen Chiefdom of Sierra Leone, to take a look at the Socfin Agricultural Company’s operations, so as...
Why I’m not boycotting palm oil this Christmas or ever.
It’s been awhile! I’m a bad blogger. But today I have felt inspired to share so here I am again. It’s a long one so grab a brew and settle in… So we’ve all seen the Iceland advert, if you haven’t well done for avoiding social media for the past week! The highly...
Why boycotting palm oil achieves nothing
In a bid to promote its palm oil-free products for the looming Christmas consumption frenzy, British supermarket chain Iceland recently sought to repurpose a moving Greenpeace campaign ad. The Disney-like cartoon shows a baby orangutan in a British child’s bedroom,...
Renewable natural rubber’s essential role in our sustainable mobility
The 800 million vehicles on today’s roads worldwide are fitted with 1.2 billion tires manufactured from over 10 million tonnes of natural rubber. And vehicle numbers are likely to double over the next quarter century. The transport sector is the main consumer of...
Socfin dispute – setting the records straight
Several unsubstantiated allegations have been made by certain people about Socfin Agriculture Company in Sierra Leone that need clarifications. Socfin has 12,500 hectares out of the 27, 000 hectares of Sahn Malen Chiefdom in Pujehun District. The company has only...
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