palm trees and palm oil production in namibia

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • How is oil palm production managed in West Africa?
  • Traditionally, oil palm production was managed as part of mixed farming practice in West Africa. Today, most production is being expanded as an industrial-scale mono-crop, imposing significant environmental risks as well as impacts on local societies, particularly for people with limited economic capacities (Colchester 2010).
  • Which countries are producing oil palms in Africa?
  • Due to its profitability, there are also significant emerging oil palm industries in much of tropical Africa with Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Sierra Leon, Benin, Angola, and DRC as the main producers (in that order) (Paterson 2021a ).
  • Why is Africa struggling to meet its own palm oil products market?
  • Africa struggling to meet its own palm oil products market, Africa’ s oil palm sector predominately targets domestic food consumption. In the in food form is even much higher than the current production. Hence, most of these countries products.
  • Are oil palms native to West Africa?
  • The African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is native to West Africa and in terms of agriculture, it is perhaps the world’s most important palm species. Oil palm fruits are available year-round and have served as semi-wild food resources in traditional societies for >?7000 years.