Science at work 16 March 2023
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Oil palm
Oil palm is the world's leading oil crop, and is vitally important for many tropical countries. Its rapid expansion is raising new issues for research, in many fields: environmental, social, economic and political. In addition to CIRAD's historical involvement in varietal breeding and fertilizer management, we are now working to minimize the impact of production on resources.
Books and documents
- Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm. Volume 1: Introduction, breeding and cultivation techniques, Rival A. (ed.), Cambridge, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018, 306 p. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 27)
- Achieving sustainable cultivation of oil palm. Volume 2: Diseases, pests, quality and sustainability, Rival A. (ed.), Cambridge, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018, 462 p. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 28)
- Huiles végétales : enjeux, marchés et controverses, Alain Rival (coord.), in: Le Déméter 2018, 2017, p. 9-182
- Sustainable development and tropical agri-chains, Estelle Biénabe, Alain Rival, Denis Loeillet (ed.), Springer, 2017
- Economics and ecology of diversification: The case of tropical tree crops, François Ruf, Götz Schroth (ed.), Springer, 2015
- Palms of controversies: Oil palm and development challenge, A. Rival, P. Levang, CIFOR, 2014
- Le palmier à huile en plantation villageoise, Jean-Charles Jacquemard, Quae, 2013
- L’huile de palme : aspects nutritionnels, sociaux et environnementaux, Fonds français pour l’alimentation et la santé, 2012
- Une histoire des plantes coloniales, du cacao à la vanille, Serge Volper, Quæ, 2011
- Le palmier à huile, Jean-Charles Jacquemard, Quae, 2011
- Palmier à huile et développement durable, OCL, Oilseeds and fats, crops and lipids, special issue, 2010
Journal
OCL, Oilseeds and fats, crops and lipids
Bimonthly scientific journal on oil and fat production and use. Published by Terres Inovia, CIRAD, French Federation of Oils and Fats, ITERG, Terres Univia and SFEL.
Scientific website
PalmElit
PalmElit SAS is a firm specializing in genetic improvement of oil palm, the world's leading oil crop. It supplies high-yielding selected oil palm varieties suited to local conditions.
Scientific publications
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See also
Coffee
Returning to ecologically viable systems and boosting the profitability of agroforestry systems that favour smallholders in more than 40 countries.
Sugarcane
Building the sugarcane sector of the future by helping producers make the agroecological transition.
Coconut
Revitalizing coconut, a plant with a thousand uses: knowing and making better use of its genetic diversity and ensuring sustainability, from production to processing.