President Koroma Commissions SOCFIN Production Mill

The President Koroma has inaugurated the largest palm oil farm in West Africa, SAC. This is a private sector arrangement and not a government to government arrangement. The local population and Socfin have unified their strengths to eradicate Ebola. Socfin has...

Palm oil helps increase good cholesterol

Palm oil has a bad press due to its perceived cholesterol-raising effect. A study has demonstrated the fact that palm oil doesn’t have a significant effect on bad cholesterol compared to other oils, just much less compared to low-saturated vegetable oils....

L’huile de palme – une productivité incomparable

Malgré le boycott contre l’huile de palme, cette huile présente de nombreux avantages. Elle a une productivité remarquable qui permet de répondre à la demande mondiale croissante. Ses coûts de productions et son espace occupés au sol sont inférieurs à...

New approaches to sustainable palm oil

Palm Oil is one of the most important crops in the world thanks to its growing demand and its yield per hectare. Through is low start-up cost there is a large number of smallholders in this business which mean difficulties to trace the productions. RSPO is acting to...