Eighteen farmers from Pepesa in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality have received aid from the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) to establish an oil palm nursery production company called “Ecopalms ...

By Juliet Aguiar DUGBARTEYGhana’s oil palm industry is grappling with a significant production shortfall, raising concerns about the sector’s long-term sustainability and competitiveness.Despite an ...

Solidaridad West Africa has trained 48 women and youths on oil palm nursery establishment, management, and agri-business academy in Enugu to tackle the challenges of low yield due to aged oil palm ...

Palm oil. It’s in your snacks, your soap, pretty much everything. But palm oil plantations have caused vast deforestation. Can these three tech executives help fix things?

Farmers across Asia are busy planting trees to boost palm oil production but nurseries are struggling to keep up with demand for sprouts and seedlings, risking a delay in the industry's recovery ...

When palm oil prices soared to record highs last year, a Malaysian estate manager surnamed Lim postponed replanting his old, unproductive trees for a third consecutive year to lock in profits - a ...

The rapid spread of oil palm plantations and associated high use of fertilizer raises concerns about the emission of nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas. A new study shows that oil palms ...

Learn about Palm Oil and its controversial growth in Guatemala's Alta Verapaz, a region now at the agricultural forefront.

A biodiversity hotspot in Cameroon and sustainable palm oil in general are threatened as palm oil developer quits the industry's standard-setting organization.

Across swathes of Southeast Asia, maturing palm oil trees, some as tall as a 12-storey building, are turning into a multi-billion dollar headache for local farmers, regional governments and ...

The ubiquitous ingredient contributes to the loss of tropical forests. By Manuela Andreoni Palm oil — the ubiquitous ingredient for all things spreadable, from toothpaste to ice cream — is now ...

Across swaths of Southeast Asia, maturing palm oil trees, some as tall as a 12-story building, are turning into a multibillion-dollar headache for local farmers, regional governments and consumers ...