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 ...

Our appetite for the oil hurts the environment and wildlife. But Gabon hopes to show how to build an industry while protecting its forests. MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are ...

Production of the world’s most widely used vegetable oil tends to evoke images of endless rows of oil palm trees stretching uninterruptedly across the horizon, of lost forests and hungry orangutans ...

Palm oil is a type of oil which can be extracted from the fruit of the oil palm. These trees are originally from Africa, but are now widely grown in Malaysia and Indonesia. A set of teacher notes ...

Experts dismiss the claim as “goofy” and “criminally misleading”. Speaking at the launch of a new programme to help smallholder farmers grow crops without cutting trees, Achmad Maulizal, head of ...

Palm kernel oil also has variety of industrial uses. Palm oil trees grow fast and is very sturdy once planted in the field. It is also not prone to damage by moderate drought or floods once ...

Palm kernel oil also has variety of industrial uses. Palm oil trees grow fast and is very sturdy once planted in the field. It is also not prone to damage by moderate drought or floods once ...

They say that the planting of palm trees with their spiky red fruits and kernels has boomed because they are so darn efficient at making oil. Palm makes up 35% of the world's vegetable oil supply ...

However, most palm oil is currently grown in Indonesia and Malaysia. Environmentalists say the region's forests have paid the price, with native trees cut down to make way for palm trees.

It comes from the fruit of the oil of palm trees (Elaeis guineensis). This oil is sometimes confused with palm kernel oil which is much higher in saturated fat. Palm oil trees originated in Africa ...

Alhaji Umar Babs Bodinga, distributed oil palm seedlings to over ninety-five farmers on October 7th, 2024. The distribution ceremony took place at the forecourt of the Assembly's premises in Akyem ...