KUCHING: Sarawak is hosting the Consortium Studies on Smallholder Palm Oil (CSSPO) 2018 conference which is an annual open forum for academics and stakeholders in the palm oil and agriculture industry to disseminate relevant researches and share and discuss alternative strategies in harmonising environmental, social and economic dimensions.
The three day conference which started yesterday with a welcoming dinner is a joint program of the CSSPO and the agriculture research for development (CIRAD).
Attending the conference will be academia and representatives from various universities across the Asia pacific and its official opening ceremony to be held today will be conducted by The Indonesia Acting Consul General in Sarawak, Muhammad Abdullah.