Increased palm oil yields could unintentionally have the effect of creating a bigger demand for land for even more palm oil planting. Cynthia Graber reports. Oct 2, 2014 | |
Here’s a good news/bad news story. Scientists have been able to dramatically increase the yields for , a crop with a global market. Oil palms grow in the tropics, so that should mean from less land, helping to protect tropical forests. Good news, right?
In addition, current low yields and high production costs means oil palm is not planted much in Africa and South America. But higher yields could make oil palm attractive to planters in those regions, leading to even more tropical forest destruction. [L.R. Carrascol et al, ]
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