Photo by John C. Cannon. There are signs that oil palm, currently expanding at an unprecedented clip in Africa, is making headway toward a compromise. Experts say that Olam, for example ...

The maps revealed striking similarities across sub-Saharan Africa ... vulnerability and high oil palm suitability overlapping in equatorial and forested regions across West and Central Africa.

Now it seems palm oil production in Africa is picking up, too. And the new farms there are threatening great ape populations in West and Central Africa, according to a study published Thursday in ...

And over the past decade or so, large-scale palm oil production has expanded into West and Central Africa. While some people have welcomed this in hopes it will bring economic opportunity, a number of ...

The report emphasized the need for equitable value distribution to support smallholder farmers in West Africa. It said oil palm remained a vital crop for food security, a source of income for ...

Ivory Coast’s biggest oil-palm grower plans to meet rising demand for the product in Africa by increasing the capacity of its refineries and pushing output to at least 1 million tons a year by 2022.

The main source of palm oil is the Elaeis guineensis tree, which is native to the coastal countries of West and Southwest Africa, including Angola, Gabon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria ...

A new report, Palm Oil Barometer 2025: Procurement for Prosperity has called for a fundamental shift in global palm oil procurement practices. The report emphasized the need for equitable value ...