About Peanut Oil Plant in Palawan in Mozambique

About Peanut Oil Plant in Palawan in Mozambique
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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Who owns the palm oil project in Palawan?
The palm oil project in Palawan is operated by Palawan Palm & Vegetable Oil Mills, Inc. (PPVOMI) (which is 60% Singaporean-owned and 40% Filipino) and its sister company Agumil Philippines, Inc. (AGPI) (which is 75% Filipino-owned and 25% Malaysian). The parent company is Agusan Plantations Inc., which is domiciled in Malaysia.
How many hectares are suitable for oil palm cultivation in Palawan?
The PCA and the Palawan Palm Oil Industry Development Council (PPOIDC) have identified 208,997 hectares as suitable for oil palm cultivation in Palawan (Barraquias-Flores 2010). Six of Palawan’s 12 mainland municipalities have today seen the expansion of oil palm plantations: Aborlan, Bataraza, Brooke’s Point, Rizal, Quezon, and Sofronio Española.
Why does Palawan need a private sector agro-business?
The establishment of oil palm cultivation and promotion of private sector agro-business ventures in Palawan forms part of the national government’s objective to reduce palm oil imports and seize production shares in the international market.
Where does palm oil come from in Palawan?
In Palawan where the Provincial Government has strongly supported oil palm agro-development, a palm oil mill is going through its final construction stages. Generally, seedlings are imported from Malaysia, Papua New ethiopia, Costa Rica and, more recently, from Thailand.
How many jobs are created by oil palm plantations in Palawan?
In their “2009 Year End Report” the Philippine Coconut Authority estimated that the number of jobs created by oil palm plantations was of one worker per hectare (see Villanueva 2011: 188). This entails that the target conversion of 15,000/20,00 hectares of oil palm plantations in Palawan would bring 15,000/20,000 new jobs to community members.
Is oil palm expansion affecting Palawan's customary upland areas?
Benjamin Tingdan, a local Palawan elder claims that also portions of people’s customary upland areas have been affected by oil palm expansion and that he has lost access to his swidden and fallow lands.