Indonesia's chief economic minister said on Thursday he is confident palm oil production can be increased in coming years to ...

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When grown sustainably in line with RSPO principles and criteria, palm oil agriculture and the environment can co-exist while primary and secondary forests are protected and wildlife habitats are ...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia :Indonesia's chief economic minister said on Thursday he is confident palm oil production can be increased in coming years to meet the country's rising demand for biofuel.

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7 tonnes per hectare each, and soybean oil yields just .4 tonnes. And because palm oil can be harvested year-round, it generally has a leg up on soybean oil, which is only produced once a year.

This means that new land for palm oil cultivation can only be deemed suitable if it does not overlap with these variables, and there are only 18.15 million hectares of areas suitable for ...