Small farmers petition EU for changes to deforestation rule FMTNews
Members of the Malaysian delegation handing the petition to a European Commission representative in Brussels.
“Specifically, the regulation’s unilateral and unrealistic demands on traceability and geolocation will prevent small farmers from accessing the European market,” it said. She said MPOC will continue to engage with the EU in Kuala Lumpur and Brussels, but its top priority is to support small farmers’ right to produce and export their palm oil.
Meanwhile, the assistant director of Felda’s sustainability department, Zulhilmi Azmi, called on the EU to recognise the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil supply chain certification standard as a form of compliance for the EUDR.
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