• Does Colombia produce palm oil?
  • Following the economic liberalization of Colombia¡¯s economy in the 1990s and then the 2002 election of former President Alvaro Uribe, the palm oil industry began a trajectory of rapid growth over the next 16 years. Today, Colombia produces more palm oil than any other country in Latin America and is considered the fourth-largest producer worldwide.
  • What percentage of Colombia is suited for oil palm cultivation?
  • The study showed that the ZIDRES correspond 75.5 percent with areas of the country deemed apt for oil palm cultivation. Fedepalma told Mongabay it worked alongside the agro-industrial association Agricultural Society of Colombia (SAC) to ¡°analyze the legislative proposals¡± presented by ZIDRES.
  • What is sustainable palm oil of Colombia?
  • Oil.Sustainable Palm Oil of Colombia Corporation – APSColombiaIndependent organization with its own governance, which manages the APSColombia Protocol and promotes the participation of diferent actors -whether or not they are palm grow
  • When did oil palm plantation start in Colombia?
  • Commercial oil palm cultivation in Colombia began in 1945 when a U.S.-based company established a plantation in the banana zone of the Magdalena department.
  • Will a ban on palm oil affect Colombia’s biofuel industry?
  • Earlier this year, Colombia¡¯s palm oil industry and central government expressed concern that the European Parliament¡¯s vote to ban the use of palm oil in all European biofuels by 2020 ¨C due largely to concerns over environmental impacts ¨C would negatively affect the industry in Colombia.
  • Is palm oil a commodity?
  • The story of palm oil is less about it as an isolated commodity and more about the rising demand for vegetable oils. Palm oil is a very productive crop; as we will see later, it produces over a third of the world¡¯s oil but uses less than a tenth of croplands devoted to oil production. It has, therefore, been a natural choice to meet this demand.