Congo: The Next Frontier for the Palm Oil Industry
Mpoko Bokanga
Abstract:The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) originated in West and Central Africa. Some of the earliest scientific breakthroughs that led to the development of the palm oil industry were made in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, earlier known as the Belgian Congo); these include the elucidation of the genetics of the kernel shell thickness and the identification of the basic engineering principles for palm oil extraction. In the past 50 years, Indonesia and Malaysia rapidly expanded palm oil production to acco… Show more
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