Speakers call for local palm oil production
Listen to the article KARACHI: Speakers urged the government to cultivate palm oil to produce palm oil locally, meet domestic demand and reduce over 90% dependence on Indonesia and Malaysia. They stressed the need for immediate action as both Indonesia and Malaysia consume more and more palm oil for biodiesel, raising concerns of an acute shortage in the coming years. They expressed these views during the two-day event titled ‘7th Pakistan Edible Oil Conference (PEOC) 2025’, held at a local hotel on Saturday. Speakers pointed out that Indonesia stopped exporting palm oil globally a few years ago, causing a severe



