Oil palm requires comparatively less labour but much more fertilizer than rubber, as Dr. Tillekeratne had also stated. On the other hand, shortage of skilled tappers is an overriding deterrent for ...
“Coconut oil used to be essential to atoll economies, but today most coconut palm plantations are abandoned and overgrown,” said lead author Michael Burnett, a doctoral student in UCSB’s ...
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Palm oil is used in everything from cosmetics to food to soap. There is enormous demand for it. But it is hugely controversial because it involves the clearing of tropical rainforests to grow palm ...
Palm trees have a host of uses, including as staple crops such as coconut, palm oil or dates, or in the making of furniture, rubber, oil and ropes. Scientists are concerned about extinction risks ...