Oil palm in the 2020s and beyond: challenges and solutions
Main body. Oil palm is a perennial crop with a > 25-year life cycle and an exceptionally low land footprint compared to annual oilseed crops. Oil palm crops globally produce an annual 81 million tonnes (Mt) of oil from about 19 million hectares (Mha). In contrast, the second and third largest vegetable oil crops, soybean and rapeseed, yield a
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Breaking New Ground for Sustainable Palm Oil in Colombia
As the main standard for sustainable palm oil production adopted and implemented in Colombia, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) plays an important role for the implementation and compliance of this agreement as it was ratified by several partner organisations, institutions, and growers during the protocol event. Alignment with RSPO
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Colombia Leads the Latin American Market of Sustainable Palm Oil
Sustainable Palm Oil Production is on the Rise. In the last year, Colombia¡¯s production of certified sustainable palm oil increased by five percent, reaching 406,000 tons (27 percent of all palm oil produced). While the number of companies (and the overall volume) certified by Rainforest Alliance in Colombia remained stable in 2019, the
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Palm Oil | WWF
Palm oil is the world's most produced, consumed and traded vegetable oil. It is widely used in the manufacturing of many products, from margarine to lipstick, biscuits to candles, and chocolate to laundry detergent. It is also extensively used as a biofuel and as animal feed. Palm oil is a very efficient crop and contributes to rural poverty
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Palm oil, coca and gangs close in on Colombia¡¯s Indigenous Nukak Mak¨²
Colombia only accounts for 2% of global production of palm oil (Indonesia and Malaysia together produce 84%), but the country still ranks fourth in the world and first in the Americas, with nearly
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Palm Oil Production ? European Palm Oil Alliance
Originally found in West Africa, the oil palm tree is now cultivated across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Indonesia and Malaysia are by far the largest palm oil producing nations. Together they account for 85-90 percent of the total production of this vegetable oil. Other important producing countries are Colombia, Nigeria and Thailand.
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Palm oil exports from Colombia by country 2022
Colombia: crude palm oil sales to the edible oils & fats sector 2017-2021 Mexico: share of palm oil imports H1 2016, by country Costa Rica: palm oil consumption volume 2008-2019
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The Netherlands Signs First Bilateral Agreement on Sustainable Palm Oil
Colombia is the fourth biggest producer of palm oil in the world and the first in the Americas. The Netherlands is the largest palm oil importer in Europe; the destination of around 70% of the Colombian palm oil exports. Dutch imports of Colombian palm oil increased from 2% in 2012 to 11% in 2017, and this figure is set to continue to grow.
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Impacts of oil palm expansion in Colombia: What do socioeconomic
The fresh fruit bunches from oil palm generate a distinctive bright orange oil known as crude palm oil (CPO), which can be used for domestic cooking, biodiesel production or as source of high
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Palm oil
Palm oil block showing the lighter color that results from boiling Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms.[1] The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014.[2] Palm oils
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Sustainable palm oil - Fedepalma
Palm and palm kernel oils represent 94.1% of the national production of oils and fats in the local market and about 66% of the consumption of these products. Likewise, exports have significantly increased since 1990, now representing a significant share of the Colombian agribusiness exports.
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Supply chain report investigates deforestation tied to palm growing in Colombia - Conservation news
Mapping oil palm. Colombia accounts for 2.3% of world oil palm production, a figure equivalent to at least 1.838 million tons of palm oil per year, according to the study. Most palm oil is grown
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Palm oil cultivation in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil
Colombia. Colombia is Latin America¡¯s largest producer of palm oil, with nearly 450,000 hectares (1.1 million acres) of oil palm plantations in 2020, with another 100,000 immature plantings that
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Discover Colombia¡¯s sustainable palm oil programme | Euronews
In 2021, Colombia cultivated $2.1 US billion (2.14 billion) in palm oil, making it the biggest producer in the Americas, with a crop exceeding 590,000 hectares. From the yield, 70 per cent was
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Palm Oil
Palm oil production has increased rapidly since the 1960s. Between 1970 and 2020, the world¡¯s production of palm oil increased by about 40 times. Global production went from only 2 million tonnes to around 80 million tonnes. The change in global production is shown in the chart.3.
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Oil palm in the 2020s and beyond: challenges and solutions | CABI Agriculture and Bioscience | Full Text - BioMed Central
Background Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is by far the most important global oil crop, supplying about 40% of all traded vegetable oil. Palm oils are key dietary components consumed daily by over three billion people, mostly in Asia, and also have a wide range of important non-food uses including in cleansing and sanitizing products. Main body Oil palm is a perennial crop with a > 25-year life
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Greenhouse gas intensity of palm oil produced in Colombia addressing alternative land use change and fertilization scenarios - ScienceDirect
The main goal of this article is to assess the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of palm oil produced in a specific plantation and mill in Colombia. A comprehensive evaluation of the implications of alternative land use change (LUC) scenarios (forest, shrubland, savanna and cropland conversion) and fertilization schemes (four synthetic and one organic nitrogen-fertilizer) was performed.
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Greenhouse gas intensity of palm oil produced in Colombia: implications of land use change and fertilizer types | Request PDF
The main goal of this article is to assess the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of palm oil produced in a specific plantation and mill in Colombia. A comprehensive
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Colombia claims its palm oil is ¡°unique and differentiated¡± and that it has 44 million hectares of under-utilised, already degraded land to develop it without causing any deforestation. Producing 1.6 million tonnes annually, Colombia¡¯s accounts for 2% of global palm oil. This may seem like a drop in the ocean compared to Malaysia and
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