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Sustainable development of the palm oil sector in the Congo Basin
May 2019
Key messages:The Congo Basin is rich in biodiversity and stores an estimated 25%-30% of the worlds tropical forest carbon stocks.
Oil palm expansion and deforestation in Southwest Cameroon associated with proliferation of informal mills
January 2019
Oil palm expansion resulted in 2 million hectares (Mha) of forest loss globally in 2000–2010.
Decentralization and the environment: Assessing smallholder oil palm development in Indonesia
January 2019
Indonesia’s oil palm expansion during the last two decades has resulted in widespread environmental and health damages through land clearing by fire and peat conversion, but it has also contributed...
The rise in global biodiesel production: Implications for food security
December 2017
Policies that promote biofuels in major agricultural economies raise important questions for food prices and food security at local to global scales.
Oil palm expansion in Cameroon: Insights into sustainability opportunities and challenges in Africa
November 2017
Oil palm production expanded 1.2 million hectares in sub-Saharan Africa since 1990, with expansion accelerating in several heavily forested countries since 2000.
The political economy of biodiesel in an era of low oil prices
May 2017
Global biodiesel production grew by 23% per annum between 2005 and 2015, leading to a seven-fold expansion of the sector in a single decade.
Efficacy of oil palm intercropping by smallholders. Case study in South-West Cameroon
October 2015
Intercropping oil palm during its immature stage with food crops is usually blamed for its negative impact on the growth and future yields of palms.
History of partnership between agro-industries and oil palm smallholders in Cameroon
March 2015
The present article explores the origin and changes in partnership agreements established between agro-industries and oil palm smallholders in Cameroon.
Less oil but more money! Artisanal palm oil milling in Cameroon
May 2014
The present study was carried out in four of the seven oil palm production basins generated during the Fonader-sponsored smallholder development scheme in the late Seventies and Eighties.
Strengths and weaknesses of the smallholder oil palm sector in Cameroon
March 2014
The present study is an evaluation of the current strengths and weaknesses of the oil palm smallholder sector in Cameroon, or more precisely of the non-industrial sector, as some holdings owned by...
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Rosamond L. Naylor Senior Fellow William Wrigley Professor of Earth System Science, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor, by courtesy, Economics, Senior Fellow and Founding Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment