The palm oil industry is among the most productive vegetable oil producers worldwide, supported in part by the oil palm’s exceptionally high yield (kg/ha/yr) compared with other vegetable oil plants.

Whether they are laundry detergents, mascara, or Christmas chocolate, many everyday products contain fatty acids from palm oil or coconut oil. However, the extraction of these raw materials is ...

Utilisation of BSF larvae could help to stem the expansion of damaging palm oil production, researchers from UK-based consultancy Tunley Environmental, claim in a new study. Cultivation of palm for ...

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