While palm oil production elsewhere in the world is conducted on large-scale plantations, it is small-scale farmers in India ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

Sri Lanka is the only country in the world to ban Oil Palm and steps should be taken to correct this as it could usher huge economic benefits to the country, said President, Rohan M Fernando, Palm Oil ...

Tropical oils like palm oil are widely used but health expert are raising concerns against their adverse effect on health. According to a report by News Medical Lifesciences, Palm oil has diverse ...

Diverse and larger tree islands promote native tree diversity in oil palm landscapes. Science , 2024; 386 (6723): 795 DOI: 10.1126/science.ado1629 Cite This Page : ...

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The international research team established 52 tree islands of varying sizes and diversity of planted trees in a conventional industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia.

PETALING JAYA: Buyers of crude palm oil (CPO) are stocking up ahead of ... by about RM60 per tonne as compared to the previous duty structure,” she said. The new export duty structure and ...

Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil ...

The November reference price was RM3,949.73 a ton. The export tax structure starts at 3% for crude palm oil in a range of RM2,250 to RM2,400 per ton. The maximum tax rate is set at 10% when prices ...

The United States will block shipments of palm oil from a major Malaysian producer that feeds into the supply chains of iconic U.S. food and cosmetic brands. It found indicators of forced labor ...

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