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Indonesia plans to expand its domestic biodiesel mandate from 40% to 50% by the second half of next year, Bloomberg reports, which is expected to slash palm oil supplies available for export. “The ...

Travel funding for this project was provided by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. PERAK, Malaysia—When Herzuza Dongkin turned her scooter off the paved road and into her small oil palm ...

As the palm oil industry evolves, Malaysia’s smallholders are helping shape a more sustainable future, grounded in collaboration and community. On Carey Island, Malaysia, the sun shines down on rows ...

Palm oil is one of the most versatile ingredients in food, found in a diverse range of products from chocolate to pizza dough to instant noodles. But it’s also a deforestation-linked commodity, and is ...

Much has changed for Nassozi Berna, her husband, and seven children since she began farming palm oil 12 years ago on Kalangala, an island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria. Before that Nassozi and her husband ...

The Youth In Oil Palm Initiative, established by the Volta Red Company Ltd to attract more people into oil palm farming, is ...

Hawaii Oil Seed Producers agricultural cooperative when it became obvious production could occur and grower needs would have ...