Around half of the palm oil used worldwide is produced by small farmers. Transport of the harvested oil palm fruits to a collection point in Indonesia. Photo: K T Sibhatu
Around half of the palm oil used worldwide is produced by small farmers. Transport of the harvested oil palm fruits to a collection point in Indonesia. Photo: K T Sibhatu Scientists at the University of Göttingen analyse data on ecological, social and economic effects Palm oil is often associated with tropical deforestation above all else. However, this is only one side of the story, as agricultural scientists from the University of Göttingen and the IPB University Bogor (Indonesia) show in a new study. The rapid expansion of oil palm has also contributed considerably to economic growth and poverty reduction in local communities, particularly in Asia. The study was published in the Annual Review of Resource Economics . For the study, the researchers evaluated results from over 30 years of research on the environmental, economic and social consequences of oil palm cultivation in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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