Oil palm

ABSTRACT Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm generally called African oil palm, and it can reach the height of 20 m or more at maturity. The oil palm is major importance in Africa as a multi-purpose tree where it supplies medicines, foods and many other products to the local population. Elaeis guineensis is rapidly becoming one of the world's most planted plants, being grown especially for its oil-bearing seeds and fruits. Usually 23 kg is the average weight of each bunch but a bunch may up…

“Palm Oil”; The Ingredient of Guilt The American Embassy by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie represents how motherhood forces the mother to stay behind for her son. The author first shows signs of motherhood when The short story begins with the narrator being in line to get a visa to America. As she was standing in line, she was “trying to keep her mind blank”, trying not to grieve her son. When she did finally start thinking of Nnamdi, “she wanted to laugh and tell him not to play with the…

Sustainable Palm Oil: Palm oil is one of the main ingredients in the production of Biscuits. Semi-solid at room temperature, palm oil is used to give baked goods a creamy taste and texture. The increased palm oil production and demand is causing deforestation and reduction of biodiversity in Indonesia and Malaysia. Over 85% of palm oil production comes from species of palms introduced from West Africa and South America. These are not native to these areas and as such have a dramatic effect on…

draw attention to the damage done to tropical rainforest in Indonesia due to the production of palm oil (Economist 2010). They do this by creating social media campaigns, boycotting certain products, and even putting on live shows in big cities to display the negative effects of palm oil (Economist 2010). In response to these attacks by green activists, companies that use palm oil are changing their palm oil buying policies and they are paying more attention to the supply chain of their products…

has decreased the production of palm oils, as almost most of the forest’s parts are developed for palm oil plantation. In Riau, Sumatera, the schools were taking day off for several days because of the smog and approximately around 58 people were having respiration suffered (Aktual.co, 2014). It also impacted on arresting the illegal loggers and provides alternative land clearing. Most of them are the corporations who operated in logging, woods production and palm oils. Besides that, the low…

Modifying the Peat Land The clearing of Indonesian peat land for palm oil is leading to huge environmental problem. Deforestation by small farmers and large plantation owners clear rainforests for agriculture and oil palm plantations. Global demand of palm oil is rising rapidly, (Chachavalpongpun, 2013). There are high demands of palm oil from businesses outside the country. The oil is used to produce commodities for our daily life like palm oil, a popular ingredient in processed foods, shampoo…

deforestation. Nevertheless of this fact some people argue that deforestation is inevitable since Indonesia needs the land to expand palm oil plantations, which is the top export commodity for Indonesia in 2011 (Ministry of Trade & Ministry of Industry). However, this argument is somewhat questionable since deforestation that has been caused by the expansion of palm oil plantations has actually…

use oils and fats for their daily cooking, in order to add quick energy and taste, but also to complement their food with certain health benefits. Different oilseeds and nuts, as well as animal fats, have served as the source for these fats. Among these, palm oil has been historically one of the most commonly used fats in the world. African populations have traditionally relied upon red palm oil and coconut oil, as well as groundnut and sesame oil. Palm oil is from the fruit of the oil palm,…

The first reason why palm oil production should stop is because of its harmful effects on the environment. The first of these environmental effects is deforestation or, in other words, forest loss. Deforestation the the act of removing trees, destroying forests and causing many violent acts in order to turn the wild life into another place. Between the years 2000 and 2012, Malaysia had the world’s highest forest loss rate only because they wanted palm oil as an ingredient in their products…

estimates a supply response model for palm oil in Nigeria inclusive of price and non-price factors. In other to estimate the supply response for Nigeria palm oil production, the model of Ayanwale et al, (2011) was used, with slight modification. The supply equation is specified as a function of the production of palm oil, price of palm oil, price of competitive crop (soyabean), harvested area, rainfall in year t (mm) as climate element, interest rate, exchange rate, palm Oil import in year t…