While palm oil production elsewhere in the world is conducted on large-scale plantations, it is small-scale farmers in India ...

The dynamics of the edible oil market are evolving ... and replant due to the long wait times for new trees to bear fruit. Palm trees require four to five years before becoming productive ...

But Gabon hopes to show how to build an industry while protecting its forests. MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia.