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Palm Oil

Scholarly Publications

The political economy of biodiesel in an era of low oil prices

May 2017

Author(s): 
Global biodiesel production grew by 23% per annum between 2005 and 2015, leading to a seven-fold expansion of the sector in a single decade.

Efficacy of oil palm intercropping by smallholders. Case study in South-West Cameroon

October 2015

Author(s): 
Yvonne K. Nchanji, Raymond N. Nkongho, William A. Mala, Patrice Levang
Intercropping oil palm during its immature stage with food crops is usually blamed for its negative impact on the growth and future yields of palms.

History of partnership between agro-industries and oil palm smallholders in Cameroon

March 2015

Author(s): 
Raymond N. Nkongho, Thomas E. Ndjogui, Patrice Levang
The present article explores the origin and changes in partnership agreements established between agro-industries and oil palm smallholders in Cameroon.
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News

FSE in the Field: Casey Maue Oil Palm Research in Ghana

June 2017

Casey Maue, a PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources alogn with Woods Institute Senior Fellow, Erica Plambeck, spent time this spring examining the oil...

Tropical Oil Crops - a More Sustainable Future?

February 2017

An interview with authors of the “The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution” predicts the future of soy and palm oil booms by examining the past and present.

Joann de Zegher selected as SAWIT Challenge Finalist

November 2016

FSE is excited to announce that graduate student, Joann de Zegher, is one of the nine innovators chosen in the SAWIT Challenge to pitch her solution to help independent smallholder farmers produce...
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Events

Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Palm Oil Production – Research in Progress

September 27, 2016

The Global Development and Poverty Initiative Seminar Series kicks off the 2016 school year with a presentation of one of its most exciting and timely capacity-building projects, "Poverty...
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People

Rosamond L. Naylor Senior Fellow William Wrigley Professor of Earth System Science, Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Professor, by courtesy, Economics
Ryan Edwards Ryan Edwards Postdoctoral scholar Postdoctoral scholar, Center on Food Security and the Environment