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GRAIN Communities in Africa fight back against the land
Despite all the support they get from governments, banks and donors, the plantations of the big palm oil companies still account for only 10% of the total harvested area of oil palms in Africa. 21 Most of the palm oil that the big companies sell in Africa is imported from Malaysia and Indonesia and this cheap, low quality palm oil undercuts the local markets for the higher-quality traditional
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Palm Oil Market Analysis, Size, Trends and Forecast 2021
Originating from West-Africa, palm oil is an edible vegetable oil produced from the mesocarp of the fruit of oil palms. It is the world's highest yielding oil crop, with output 5-10 times higher per hectare than other leading vegetable oil crops. It offers numerous nutritional benefits since it is cholesterol-free, easy to digest and rich in carotenoids, as well as Vitamin A. It also has a
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Vegetable Oil Development Project IFAD
The IFAD-supported project financed the smallholder oil palm development through loans made to the government, designed and brokered the tripartite business model, and provided financial and technical support for the development of the smallholder outgrower schemes. It also helped establish a trust to link the smallholder farmers to the private company (OPUL see description below) and
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Yield gaps in oil palm: A quantitative review
01/02/2017· Oil palm, currently the world's main vegetable oil crop, is characterised by a large productivity and a long life span (≥25 years). Peak oil yields of 12 t ha −1 yr −1 have been achieved in small plantations, and maximum theoretical yields as calculated with simulation models are 18.5 t oil ha −1 yr −1, yet average productivity worldwide has stagnated around 3 t oil ha −1 yr −1.
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
Algom Resources Limited contracted INTEGEMS to undertake a comprehensive Environmental, Social, Health, Safety, and Security (including a gap analysis and an updated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) of the Baomahun Gold Project's operational sites (mine site, haul roads, including any/all current and future associated infrastructure) and project-affected communities.
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Impacts of climate change on oil palm production
10/01/2020· Studies reveal that climate change (CC) has higher negative impacts on agricultural production than positive impacts. Therefore, this article attempts to explore the impacts of CC on oil palm production in Malaysia and provides mitigation and adaptation strategies towards reducing such impacts. The multiple regression analysis is applied to assess the impacts of CC on oil palm
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The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia
impacts of oil palm plantations in Malaysia The production of palm oil has long been associated with reports of tropical deforestation, biodiversity loss, water pollution, and violation of customary land rights (Anon. 2004, 2009; Koh and Wilcove 2008; Then 2009). In the past, Malaysia was among 14 countries with annual deforestation rates in excess
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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in Africa: Getting it
While oil palm development has the potential to contribute to economic development in the region, there is also the risk that plantation establishment could cause significant negative social and environmental impacts. The RSPO has developed a set of guidelines for sustainable oil palm development and new plantings. If implemented, the guidelines can help to minimize the potential negative
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Welcome to MPOB's Journal of Oil Palm Research Website
30/07/2018· 26) Sandoval-García, A.-M., Altamirano-Cárdenas, J.R., Aguilar-Ávila, J., García-Muñiz, J.G. Chemical characterization of oil obtained by homemade methods from three African palm varieties (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) [Caracterización química del aceite obtenido por métodos artesanales de tres variedades de palma Africana (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)] (2016) Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana, 39
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IFC in the Palm Oil Sector
IFC's Strategy for Engagement in the Palm Oil Sector includes advisory support and identification of viable investment opportunities with local, regional or larger players where projects can have positive impact either direct employment or by supporting smallholder farmers. We seek to engage with private sector partners throughout the industry's supply chain, including producers, traders
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Masterplan Study on the Oil Palm Industry in Ghana
Palm oil production, based on small-scale production, was a leading foreign exchange earner for Ghana from about the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. The then colonial government believed that the indigenous small-scale farming system was more resilient economically than exotic, large plantations and, as a result, plantations did not make much impact on
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Palm Oil Market Analysis, Size, Trends and Forecast 2021
Originating from West-Africa, palm oil is an edible vegetable oil produced from the mesocarp of the fruit of oil palms. It is the world's highest yielding oil crop, with output 5-10 times higher per hectare than other leading vegetable oil crops. It offers numerous nutritional benefits since it is cholesterol-free, easy to digest and rich in carotenoids, as well as Vitamin A. It also has a
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FINAL REPORT EcoHealth Alliance
(e.g. HIV/AIDS, West African Ebola) leading to substantial mortality and morbidity, and some causing significant economic impact (e.g. the 2003 SARS outbreak which led to ~US$10-30 billion economic damages at 2003 values)8. These impacts are in addition to the public health burden of endemic diseases, many of which (e.g. leptospirosis,
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Development and performance evaluation of palm nut cracker
Development and performance evaluation of palm nut cracker Rotimi Adedayo IBIKUNLE, Peter Pelumi IKUBANNI, Olayinka Oluwole AGBOOLA and Bamidele Tope OGUNSEMI 220 Introduction The palm organic product (Elaeis guineensis) stands out amongst the most imperative wellsprings of oil for household and mechanical purposes in West Africa and the whole world. As a drupe, it is comprised
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Africa: Palm Oil Market Overview 2021 IndexBox
15/06/2021· Palm Oil Exports Exports in Africa. In 2020, the amount of palm oil exported in Africa expanded rapidly to X tonnes, surging by X% compared with the previous year's figure. Overall, exports saw a temperate increase. The most prominent rate of growth was recorded in 2013 with an increase of X% year-to-year. Over the period under review, exports
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Oil palm in Africa: Past, present and future scenarios
BOX 3: Identified impacts of oil palm plantations in Uganda 8 Palm oil: women's business 8 BOX 4: The involvement of women in traditional palm oil production 8 The role of international agencies and governments 9 BOX 5: National and international institutions involved in the promotion of industrial palm oil production 10 The role of African governments 10 BOX 6.- Investment projects in oil
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IFC in the Palm Oil Sector
IFC's Strategy for Engagement in the Palm Oil Sector includes advisory support and identification of viable investment opportunities with local, regional or larger players where projects can have positive impact either direct employment or by supporting smallholder farmers. We seek to engage with private sector partners throughout the industry's supply chain, including producers, traders
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The environmental impacts of palm oil in context Nature
07/12/2020· Oil palm originates from equatorial Africa where it has been cultivated for millennia, but it is now widely grown in Southeast Asia. Between 2008 and 2017, oil palm expanded globally at an
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The challenge of the oil palm: Using degraded land for its
01/07/2019· The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is indigenous in the humid zone of West and Central Africa, where it forms an integral part of the vegetation and of the cropping systems.Its produce is of great economic and nutritional value in the area and includes: red oil, extracted from the fruit's fleshy mesocarp, seed kernel oil, palm wine tapped from the inflorescence or the tree apex, palm
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Joint CSO Letter Biofuels Palm Oil Final
Philippines and West and Central Africa have been earmarked as the new frontiers for oil palm development: since 2001, foreign companies have signed deals allocating nearly 4 million hectares to palm oil in West and Central Africax and the Philippine government plans to expand to up to 8 million hectaresxi 20, 000 hectares of which are within the Palawan UNESCO Man & Biosphere Reserve.xii
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The environmental impacts of palm oil in context Nature
07/12/2020· Oil palm originates from equatorial Africa where it has been cultivated for millennia, but it is now widely grown in Southeast Asia. Between 2008 and 2017, oil palm expanded globally at an
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Society for Conservation Biology Africa Section Issues
Africa Section Issues Position Statement on Oil Palm Expansion in Africa. Several factors including industrialization and increased demand for agricultural lands contributed to the loss of 3.4 million hectares of forests in Africa between 2000 and 2010. Now the expansion of the oil palm industry in Africa threatens even greater losses for the continent's forests and biodiversity, including its
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GRAIN Communities in Africa fight back against the land
Despite all the support they get from governments, banks and donors, the plantations of the big palm oil companies still account for only 10% of the total harvested area of oil palms in Africa. 21 Most of the palm oil that the big companies sell in Africa is imported from Malaysia and Indonesia and this cheap, low quality palm oil undercuts the local markets for the higher-quality traditional
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The Reflection on Palm Oil Industry in 2019 and Prospect
The rising trends on Indonesian palm oil export to Africa with an increase in 11% on 2019 from 2,6 million ton on 2018 to 2,9 million ton gives a positive sign for the Indonesian palm oil market. The challenging year of 2019 was ended with a price that jumped above USD 800/ton CIF Rotterdam and the adjustment of import duty for Indonesian palm oil product export in India. For the planters, the
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Palm Oil Industry in Nigeria: Value Chain Analysis
Palm Oil Value Chain Analysis in the Niger Delta 2011 Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) 1st Floor St. James Building, 167 Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, Nigeria. i Foreword Economic growth and prosperity are central to long-term poverty alleviation for social and environmental sustainability. The oil palm industry represents one of the most
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Oil Palm development, commercial tree plantations and mono
Oil palm can be grown and harvested in an environmentally-friendly way as it has been in Western Africa with small-scale planters who undertake small scale diversified agro-forestry. At present
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Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification
12/06/2018· With the palm oil industry continuing to expand in South East Asia and significant estates being planted in Africa and South America, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of RSPO plantations compared to non-certified plantations by assessing the relative performance of several key sustainability metrics compared to business as usual practices. Using Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan) as a case
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Key Sustainability Issues in the Palm Oil Sector
up the palm oil sector's positive development impacts, including the identification of the appropriate measures for monitoring and evaluation. Approach The development of the WBG strategy will be conducted in five stages, covering: Analytical and preparatory work During this phase the World Bank Group palm oil strategy development team will seek external expertise to help design a credible
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
Algom Resources Limited contracted INTEGEMS to undertake a comprehensive Environmental, Social, Health, Safety, and Security (including a gap analysis and an updated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) of the Baomahun Gold Project's operational sites (mine site, haul roads, including any/all current and future associated infrastructure) and project-affected communities.
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The impact of palm oil culture on biodiversity
The main direct impact on biodiversity of the development of oil palm cultivation is the habitat loss caused by the deforestation and fire before planting. In some parts of the world, up to 50% of deforestation can be attributed to palm oil production. In this context, smallholder plantations tend to harbor higher diversity than industrial ones.
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African Case Study: Palm Oil and Economic Development
The following paper is a unique survey of palm oil production in Nigeria and its impact on poverty reduction, economic diversification and the environment. In my experience as Chairman of the Edible Oil Processors Section of the Manufacturer Association of Nigeria, it has become clear to me that local capacity of palm oil production in Nigeria must be developed in order to ensure local food
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Vegetable Oil Development Project IFAD
The IFAD-supported project financed the smallholder oil palm development through loans made to the government, designed and brokered the tripartite business model, and provided financial and technical support for the development of the smallholder outgrower schemes. It also helped establish a trust to link the smallholder farmers to the private company (OPUL see description below) and
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Purposes of Policy Implementation Evaluation
Collecting information to support interpretation of future evaluations of policy impact. Documenting the relationships between logic model components and external influences. Improving the implementation process. Informing future policy development. Policy implementation evaluation may focus on a number of different areas, including Components of the logic model, such as inputs, activities and
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Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification
12/06/2018· With the palm oil industry continuing to expand in South East Asia and significant estates being planted in Africa and South America, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of RSPO plantations compared to non-certified plantations by assessing the relative performance of several key sustainability metrics compared to business as usual practices. Using Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan) as a case
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Palm oil production, good or bad for Africa?
24/06/2019· The African oil palm tree (Elaeis Guineensis) is native to West Africa, where it was originally used as a staple food crop, its use has been dated to as far back as 3,000 BC Egypt. During the 1800s, with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, it was brought to South-East Asia as a cash crop by European traders. Indeed, until recently, most cultivation took place in Indonesia and Malaysia. As
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Purposes of Policy Implementation Evaluation
Collecting information to support interpretation of future evaluations of policy impact. Documenting the relationships between logic model components and external influences. Improving the implementation process. Informing future policy development. Policy implementation evaluation may focus on a number of different areas, including Components of the logic model, such as inputs, activities and
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Production of Palm Oil in Indonesia oeko.de
Financial Support for Smallholders in Indonesia 52 12. Discussion 52 13. Conclusions 53 14. Annex A: Examples of Good Practice Downstream Companies 56 14.1. Weleda AG, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany 56 14.1.1. Background 56 14.1.2. Palm oil Certification 56 14.1.3. Experiences with Certificates 56 14.1.4. Activities beyond Certification 57 14.2. Daabon Europe GmbH, Pulheim, Germany 58
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Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification
12/06/2018· With the palm oil industry continuing to expand in South East Asia and significant estates being planted in Africa and South America, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of RSPO plantations compared to non-certified plantations by assessing the relative performance of several key sustainability metrics compared to business as usual practices. Using Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan) as a case
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Vegetable Oil Development Project IFAD
The IFAD-supported project financed the smallholder oil palm development through loans made to the government, designed and brokered the tripartite business model, and provided financial and technical support for the development of the smallholder outgrower schemes. It also helped establish a trust to link the smallholder farmers to the private company (OPUL see description below) and
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