Palm oil—the world’s most consumed cooking oil—took a heavy blow at the start of the week as Sri Lanka banned its import and told planters to phase out the tropical trees in favour of rubber or other environment-friendly crops. Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ordered companies and other entities growing oil palm to remove the […]
Climate change is adversely affecting the production of key crops such as wheat and rice, with some countries faring far worse than others, according to researchers. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, shows that climate change has already affected production of these key energy sources. The world’s top 10 crops-barley, cassava, maize, oil […]
Cotton is unlikely to remain the main cash crop which is widely cultivated in Telangana as 6.75 lakh acres in 204 mandals in the state have been distinguished for oil palm plantation this month. To kick-start the transition, 50,000 acres of land in Khammam and Bhadrachalam regions are now reserved solely for oil palm cultivation. […]
