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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Palm oil production ... Mielke said. Oil palms, which start losing productivity after 20 years, need to be replaced after 25 years, with new trees taking three to four years to yield fruit ...

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia is betting on tiny bugs from Africa to help boost its palm oil production ... which stems from old trees that some growers are reluctant to replant due to the extended ...

Fruit stays on trees for longer, giving harvesters more time and flexibility to pick it. The gene has so far been successfully edited into palm oil trees, which will have a knock-on effect on many ...

There has been a lag in replanting palm oil trees in the country with only 114,000ha replanted so far. This marks only two percent of the total planted area in 2024, down from 132,000ha (2.3 ...

Farmers have been forced to let their fruit rot in trees, preventing them from maximising harvests at a time when palm oil prices have rallied to record highs.

They have a large capacity to transfer pollen and are highly host-specific to palm oil trees. The weevils offer growers a faster fix to their supply woes, but they risk distracting from the urgent ...