oil palm-michigan technological university in Malawi

The Palm Oil Phenomenon: An International Opportunity

  • oil palm-michigan technological university in Malawi
  • oil palm-michigan technological university in Malawi
  • oil palm-michigan technological university in Malawi
  • oil palm-michigan technological university in Malawi

Troubled agronomy: Exploring challenges affecting oil palm

Promoting Participation in Oilseed Value Chains

The environmental impacts of palm oil

Molecular approaches for improving oil palm for oil

  • Can molecular technologies improve oil palm production?
  • The present review article aims at synthesizing novel information on the improvement of oil palm production, including the development of molecular technologies, and their usage in accelerating genetic improvement of oil yield and quality of oil palm.
  • Why is the oil palm industry important in Malaysia?
  • The oil palm industry is one of the most important agroindustries for rural development in Malaysia. It provides direct employment to nearly 1 million of Malaysia’s population and indirect employment to another 250,000 individuals (MPOC, 2020). Besides, it also accounts for 7.0% of the country’s national gross domestic product (MPOC, 2020).
  • Does oil palm contribute to deforestation in Malaysia?
  • In Malaysian Borneo, oil palm was an important contributor to overall deforestation 16. Here, new plantations accounted for 50% of deforestation from 1972 to 2015 when using a five-year cut-off to link deforestation and oil palm development 17 (Fig. 3, Supplementary Fig. 2 and Supplementary Table 3).
  • Are oil palm plantations growing in Malaysia & Indonesia?
  • From 2001 to 2016, the expansion of oil palm plantations was particularly marked in this region with a 2.5-fold increase in Malaysia and a 4.2-fold increase in Indonesia (Xu et al. 2020).

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