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Environmental, Economic, and Social Consequences of the Oil Palm Boom
Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2020 Rising global demand for vegetable oil during the last few decades has led to a drastic increase in the land area under oil palm. Especially in Southeast Asia, the oil palm boom has contributed to economic growth, but it has also spurred criticism about ...
M. Qaim +3 more
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Palm Oil and the Politics of Deforestation in Indonesia
Social Science Research Network, 2021 This paper studies the interactions between political and economic incentives to foster forest conversion in Indonesian districts. Using a district-level panel data set from 2001 to 2016, we analyze variation in remotely sensed forest loss and forest ...
E. Cisneros +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015 Biodegradable plastics, mainly polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), which are traditionally produced by bacterial cells, have been produced in the cells of more than 15 plant species.
Ahmad Parveez eGhulam Kadir +6 more
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Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Scheme Frameworks and Impacts: A Systematic Literature Review
Sustainability, 2021 Sustainability certification schemes were introduced to the palm oil industry as a response to address the negative environmental and social impacts associated with the development of this industry.
Norhana Abdul Majid +3 more
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The effect of fertilizer variation doses input on seedlings of several oil palm varieties [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesOil palm has a high potential for nutrient use efficiency, meaning it can produce high yields with relatively low nutrient inputs compared to other crops.
Fadli Pangaribuan Ikhwan +5 more
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High-resolution global map of smallholder and industrial closed-canopy oil palm plantations
Earth System Science Data, 2020 . Oil seed crops, especially oil palm, are among the most rapidly expanding agricultural land uses, and their expansion is known to cause significant environmental damage.
Adrià Descals +5 more
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Acta Amazonica, 2006 O trabalho avaliou a influência da posição da semente no substrato sobre a emergência de plântulas de tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum). Após extração e embebição, as sementes foram semeadas obedecendo as seguintes posições: a) 0º - poro germinativo voltado
Maria Elizabeth de Assis Elias +2 more
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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2017 Psoriasis is resistant to treatment and it shows frequent relapse; systemic treatment is often associated with toxicities, and long-term safety data are lacking for most of the newer drugs like biologics.
Nilendu Sarma
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Effect of Compost and Humic Acid on Potato Growth and Quality [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2019 an experiment was carried out in Karbala on 10/9/2014 using the compost of palm residues at four levels (0, 20, 30, 40) tan.h-1 and the humic acid in three concentrations (0,1.5, 3)ml.L-1 to determine the effect of these factors and their interaction in ...
Abbas Mijwel +2 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Acrocomia aculeata is a palm, which is used for various purposes in different rural communities in southeastern Mexico; among which is the obtaining of a traditional fermented beverage called “taberna.” The objective of this study was to know the ...
José A. Ambrocio-Ríos +3 more
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