Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit grown on the African oil palm tree. The trees, which were previously found only in Africa, are now grown in Asia, North America and ...

See All Key Ideas BATANGHARI, Indonesia — In a sweltering oil palm field in Batanghari village, Rokani fixes a sickle to an 11-meter (36-foot) pole and begins cutting down bunches of fruit from ...

Using this discovery, fruit specially bred or gene-edited to not drop from trees, bushes and vines could save manufacturers a mint, as scientists claim spoilage and wastage could be significantly ...

the potential value of the palm fruit 'aguaje' for this region of Peru is similar in value to activities such as logging and oil extraction. Sustainable palm fruit harvesting could therefore ...

In the study published in the journal Nature Communications, the scientists identified the VIR gene as responsible for fruit color. Currently, the majority of the oil palm fruit harvested in ...

In 2016, it was reported that Sarawak lost some RM2.8bil in revenue a year due to the shortage of 12,000 fruit harvesters. Based on Malaysian Palm Oil Board data, as at Dec 31, 2023, Sarawak had ...

Oil palm growers in Indonesia can boost soil health and reduce their fertilizer use by adding waste biomass back to the soil, a new study says. Biomass such as pruned palm fronds and empty fruit ...

Growing oil palm is simple. Men harvest the fruit manually with a sharp knife attached to a long pole; women spread fertilizers and herbicides from containers carried on their backs. Field tasks ...

Trichy: A team of faculty members of Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN-Tiruvarur) headed by the head of the Department of Computer Science has been granted a patent for their intelligent ...