Stagnating palm-oil production and a biodiesel push in Indonesia could keep the price of cooking oil high for years.

The biodiesel push will reduce Indonesia's exports to just 20 million metric tons in 2030, down a third from 29.5 million in ...

Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed up for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top producer Indonesia ...

Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top producer Indonesia that ...

In a significant move against corruption in the palm oil industry, Indonesian prosecutors today transferred illegally ...

The international businesses and investors that profit from the commodities trade have a role to play in upskilling and ...

Oil palms, which start losing productivity after 20 years, need to be replaced after 25 years, with new trees taking three to four years to yield fruit, rendering land unproductive until then and ...

The government needs to immediately address the issue of deforestation as a key problem affecting both the environmental and ...

Researchers reveal that meeting 2050’s vegetable oil demand could drive up to 148 million hectares of deforestation and 1525 Mt CO2 emissions, questioning the sustainability of palm oil alternatives.

Extra-virgin olive oil has the most scientific evidence for its health benefits. But avocado and high-oleic vegetable oils ...

ACROSS south-eastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is ...