Analysis - For many, palm oil has become synonymous with environmental devastation in Southeast Asia. Can palm oil production in Africa follow a more sustainable path forward?

Palm oil production is far more mechanized in Asia than in Africa. This Malaysian mill, in Perak state, can process 44 tons of fruit an hour, which will yield 2.2 tons of crude palm oil.

Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil producer, has announced plans to increase its export tax to 10% The move is expected ...

No wonder the oil palm tree, whose fruit and seeds are used to produce these oils, is in tremendous demand as a crop in West and Central Africa and ... and a third during processing.

Palm fruits grow in dense bundles that are wedged tightly in between the branches. This picture shows ... This is the processing plant belonging to Hondupalma, a palm oil cooperative recently ...

REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah One year after its inauguration in December 2018, overlooking the multimodal port of Doraleh, Golden Africa’s palm oil refining ... it will be able to process between 8,000 and ...

The report emphasized the need for equitable value distribution to support smallholder farmers in West Africa ... processing methods and insufficient infrastructure. The report said Côte d’Ivoire’s ...

The main source of palm oil is the Elaeis guineensis tree, which is native to the coastal countries of West and Southwest Africa ... oil goes through a number of processing steps to give it ...

Palm oil has been ... 2003-13 show a different picture. High growth rates are observed in Cameroon, the DRC, Republic of the Congo, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal in Africa; and in Peru ...