Why is palm oil important?
Palm oil accounts for 35% of the world's vegetable oil market .Palm oil harvested all year round, oil palm trees produce on average 10 tonnes of fruit per hectare far more than soya bean, rapeseed and sunflower seed.This means oil palm requires 10 times less land than the other three major oil producing crops, soya bean, rapeseed and sunflower seed . In addition to the 3.74 tonnes of palm oil per hectare, 0.4 tonnes of palm kernel oil and 0.4 tonnes of palm kernel expeller / cake are also produced from the fresh fruit bunches or FFB.
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