New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights ...

You might not cook with it, but you almost certainly eat or use palm oil. Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, found in many packaged products sold in the supermarket.

Advancements in sustainable palm oil production tackle environmental and social challenges, promoting ethical practices and ...

But not many people know about palm kernel oil, a byproduct of oil palm, scientifically known as Elaeis guineensis, used in the production of drugs, cosmetics, and cooking, among a list of numerous ...

Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native to West Africa and treasured by local communities. “In the rural ...

1 College of Tropical Crops, Department of Forestry, Yunnan Agricultural University, Pu’er, China 2 Coconut Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wenchang National Key ...

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