It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

But Gabon hopes to show how to build an industry while protecting its forests. MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia.

the most widely used edible oil, is expected to only inch up as new planting has slowed considerably while oil palm trees are ageing, causing overall sector wide fruit yields to drop. Meanwhile ...

further squeezing supplies of the world’s most-consumed edible oil just as buyers restock for a major Muslim festival. “The recent floods in Malaysia will impact palm oil production in 2025 ...