Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Encyclopedia
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is a government agency
responsible for the development, promotion and regulation of the palm oil
industry in Malaysia. MPOB is one of agencies under the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities and is based in Kuala Lumpur
and Selangor
, operating over 30 regional offices, laboratories and research stations in Malaysia as well as Overseas Advisory Offices in Shanghai
, Brussels
, Washington DC, Giza, Egypt and Karachi
. The Director General of MPOB is Choo Yuen May (Datuk Dr).
Government agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
responsible for the development, promotion and regulation of the palm oil
Palm oil
Palm oil, coconut oil and palm kernel oil are edible plant oils derived from the fruits of palm trees. Palm oil is extracted from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm Elaeis guineensis; palm kernel oil is derived from the kernel of the oil palm and coconut oil is derived from the kernel of the...
industry in Malaysia. MPOB is one of agencies under the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities and is based in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
and Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...
, operating over 30 regional offices, laboratories and research stations in Malaysia as well as Overseas Advisory Offices in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Washington DC, Giza, Egypt and Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
. The Director General of MPOB is Choo Yuen May (Datuk Dr).