Tag: palm oil
IPNI – Contributions of Best Management Practices Towards Sustainable Oil Palm Production Through Intensification
Asia: The world’s population is expected to increase to more than 9 billion people in 2050, with more than half living in urban areas. The demand for vegetable oil by this “urbanizing” population is expected to be between 200–340 million tons, based on a range of per capita consumption (Corley, 2009). At the start of the […]
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Latin America & the Caribbean: The fruit of the oil palm, a tropical palm tree, is a key agricultural product in Honduras. However, many small-scale producers of the crop lack the equipment and organizational capacity necessary for their business to thrive. In 2007, TechnoServe began working with APROVA, a cooperative of 154 farming families who were earning little for the […]
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