Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving in environments as diverse as deserts and rainforests. Central Africa holds the richest variety, home to 52 species, while west Africa has 38 and ...

Researchers have identified 6.5 million hectares of previously unrecorded oil palm growing wild, semi-wild and in gardens, across Africa—an area three times larger than all African commercial ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The oil palm tree is native to one of the largest contiguous blocks of lowland rainforest in West Africa, and provides food and habitat for many ...

Malaysia has intensified its efforts to strengthen its partnership with Nigeria’s oil palm industry, providing technical expertise and a stable supply of palm oil to help alleviate the country’s ...

As global demand for sustainably produced palm oil continues to grow, Africa is emerging as a potential new investment frontier. Kenya remains East Africa's largest palm oil importer, but is now ...

STORY: Thousands of miles from Ukraine's battlefield, Djeneba Belem is frying bean cakes. She may be far from the conflict, but her stall in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan is not immune to ...

African palm kernel oil is making waves for its amazing benefits. Extracted from the seeds of the oil palm tree, this oil is ...

For much of the past two years, debate around the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has focused on risks. Exporters worry about rising compliance costs. Cooperatives fear the burden of ...