and taller trees are more difficult to harvest. Photograph by PASCAL MAITRE Indonesia and Malaysia are now the epicenter of palm oil, but the oil palm tree, Elaeis guineensis, is not native to Asia.

NATURE ages, and so do palms. Oil palm trees thrive in their prime years, but after 25 years, they start showing their age – growing too tall for efficient harvesting.

Palm oil’s big problem has always been the jungle-covered terrain where the tree is grown ... And demand is growing: By 2022, the global market is expected to more than double in value to ...

Oil palm trees are native to Africa but were brought to South-East Asia just over 100 years ago as an ornamental tree crop. Now, Indonesia and Malaysia make up over 85% of global supply but there are ...

Leading tea planters' body, the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) on Thursday urged both Central and state governments to extend the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) scheme in ...

As the planet warms, water scarcity is increasing and, compounded by population increases, fruit growing must ... done by machines.” Palm oil harvesters only know the fruit is ripe for picking when it ...

accurate tree count for enabling early detection of pest and nutrient deficiencies, and FFB (fresh fruit bunches) estimation. Kilari Srinivas Rao, Head (Agriculture) of 3F Oil Palm, said that the ...