AreaMalaysia
Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals
CommodityPalm oil
Date01/08/2020
Policy CategoryOther
Policy InstrumentEnvironmental policies (production sustainability)
DescriptionReported that the majority of the countrys oil palm plantations and palm oil mills had obtained the Government-sponsored Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification. Moreover, nearly all of the countrys organized smallholders had been certified, while the training of independent smallholders in implementing best agricultural practices for eventual admission to MSPO group-certification schemes continued.
NotesMALAYSIA mandatory palm oil certification: Official sources provided the following update regarding the implementation of the countrys mandatory sustainability certification: as of 30 July, more than 85 percent of Malaysias 5.9 million hectares of oil palm plantations and around 90 percent of the countrys 452 palm oil mills obtained the Government-sponsored Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification. In addition, nearly all of the countrys organized smallholders, who cultivate 679 thousand hectares of plantations, have been certified. Meanwhile, the training of independent smallholders in implementing best agricultural practices for eventual admission to MSPOs group certification schemes continued. Meanwhile, as of July, 162 clusters of independent smallholders involving 62 thousand growers with 238 thousand hectares managed to obtain certification. In regard to independent smallholders, certification proves particularly challenging due to the absence of valid land titles and/or the use of temporary land titles and part-time or contract farming.
