Indonesia will raise its palm oil export levy to between 4.5% and 10% of the crude palm oil reference price, up from 3% to ...

"Palm oil won't be that cheap again as long as Indonesia keeps prioritising biodiesel." Indonesia increased the mandatory mix of palm oil in biodiesel to 40% this year, and is studying moving to 50% ...

The oil palm tree, Elaeis guineensis ... Here a woman separates the fruit fibers and shells from the oily mix, which will be boiled again to clarify the oil. Photograph by PASCAL MAITRE Oil ...

Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top producer Indonesia that are making traditionally cheap palm oil costlier, eliminating an advantage ...

Jakarta’s push to use more palm oil for biodiesel production coincides with a slowdown in plantation growth in both Indonesia and Malaysia.

Used in everything from cakes and frying fats to cosmetics and cleaning products, palm oil makes up more than half of global vegetable oil shipments and is especially popular among consumers in ...

F Oil Palm uses drones to map 1,150 hectares in Andhra Pradesh, spotting disease and boosting tree health and yield tracking.

The Sustainable Oil Palm Replanting in Indonesia (SOPRI) project will support 400 smallholders across 400 hectares in Sumatra ...

Oil palms, which start losing productivity after 20 years, need to be replaced after 25 years, with new trees taking three to four years to yield fruit, rendering land unproductive until then and ...

Oil palm is a God’s gift of abundance, but it demands effort, skill and discipline. Not every challenge needs a new machine – ...

JAKARTA/MUMBAI, March 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia's crude and refined palm oil exports surged 62.2% in February from a month ago to reach a four-month high, the statistics bureau said on Monday ...