Where Next in Liberia's Sustainable Palm Oil Journey?
The National Oil Palm Platform of Liberia (NOPPOL) fully engaged in that process, bringing together oil palm farmers, concession managers, processors and marketers, government institutions, international organisations, and civil society to develop solutions to the challenges facing Liberia's oil palm supply chain.
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National Oil Palm Strategy and Action Plan of Liberia (2021-2025)
pdf (1MB) Download May 4, 2022 The Government of Liberia (GoL) has identified oil palm as one of the priority crops to spur agricultural growth and development under Pillar II of the Pro Poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD) 2018 - 2023. Prior to the civil war, oil palm plantations were solely owned by the GoL.
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Mano Palm Oil Industries
Mano Palm Oil Plantation (MPOP) stands as a prominent player among Liberia's leading plantation companies. Our plantation, covering 10,324.72 hectares, is dedicated primarily to the cultivation of Pam Oil. These lush plantations are strategically spread across various regions, including Bomi, Grand Cape Mount, Lofa, Matambo, and Zodua Estate.
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Palm Oil Explorer - Liberia - USDA
2020 Calendar Year (Jan -Dec) — (Last Chart Updated on 12/10/2023) Subregions: Primary Production in Liberia. (~80% of total palm oil production) Nimba. (29% of total palm oil production) Bong. (14% of total palm oil production) Grand Bassa.
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Liberia: the growth of a new palm oil frontier
Guardian The palm oil debate Guardian sustainable business Liberia: the growth of a new palm oil frontier Golden Veroleum Liberia is building one of the largest palm oil...
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Sime to plant oil palm in Liberia | News - Eco-Business
Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd, one of the largest palm oil producers in the world, expects to start its maiden oil palm planting in Liberia by April that marks its first African plantation deal. Executive-vice president Franki Anthony Dass said the company would initially use 10,000 ha out of 220,000 ha concession land it had in Liberia to ...
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Liberia's largest palm oil producer pulls out of sustainability ...
Land grabs resume GVL's leaving was triggered by the RSPO's decision to sanction several member organisations - including GVL - who had been accused of violating the body's key principle of free...
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Official launch of Liberia's National Oil Palm Strategy ... - Proforest
Liberia's Ministry of Agriculture, through a multi-stakeholder platform the National Oil Palm Platform of Liberia (NOPPOL), has developed a national oil palm strategy and action plan to guide sustainable oil palm development in Liberia for the next 5 years (2021-2026).
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Liberia's largest palm oil producer pulls out of sustainability ...
29 August, 2018 Fidel C. T. Budy (The Conversation) © Tafilah Yusof/Pixabay Liberia's largest palm oil producer, Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) pulls out of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) - how can rural communities cope with the impacts?
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Liberia: Sustainable Palm Oil - United Nations Development Programme
Home Food And Agricultural Commodity Systems Liberia: Sustainable Palm Oil Liberia: Sustainable Palm Oil Recovering from a 14-year civil war and an Ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015 which devastated the entire nation, Liberia has set its sights on palm oil as a means to rebuild its economy.
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Palm oil in Liberia: hope and anger in one of Africa's poorest ...
Bacchus Wilson Panyonnoh, a 35-year-old palm oil worker, and Lee Sworh, a community activist, live in the remote forests of south-east Liberia. Both have been affected by the arrival of Golden Veroleum Liberia to build one of the country's largest palm oil plantations. For Panyonnoh, it offers the chance of a better life but Sworh wants it ...
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PDF The Republic of Liberia
Postal address: ITC Palais des Nations 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Telephone: +41-22 730 0111 ... plantations are more likely to adopt higher yielding plant varieties and agronomic techniques (including fertilizers, ... and 2012 (90 % ). The top three markets for Liberia's palm oil are Portugal, the United States of America and Cameroon ...
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New palm oil processing plant being built in Liberia - African Farming
Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) has received components for the construction of a palm oil plant in Liberia At full capacity, the main mill will process 80 tonnes of palm per hour. (Image source: Curt Reynolds/USDA/Wikimedia Commons)
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In palm oil, Liberia sees economic boom — but forests may lose
Since 2009, four international palm oil companies have been granted concessions (areas of land the government grants companies to plant a crop) in Liberia for palm oil production on 620,000 hectares (more than 1.5 million acres) of land.
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Sustainable palm oil: One entrepreneur thinks he has the answer - CNN
Courtesy of J-Palm CNN Business — If you read ingredient labels, you'll see palm and palm kernel oil everywhere: in bread, chocolate, frozen pizza - even soap, toothpaste and cosmetics....
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Liberia's miracle oil brings farmers only empty promises
Fri 3 Jan 2020 05.46 EST T he sign at the entrance to the palm oil plantation in Grand Bassa has faded thanks to Liberia's relentless cycle of scorching sun and torrential rain. Even so, it's...
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LIBERIA: Sustainable palm oil production programme launched
West Africa An ecological oil palm cultivation programme is being developed in West Africa. The project, led by the NGO Solidaridad Liberia and the Dutch Embassy in Monrovia, aims to promote sustainable intensification and climate-friendly oil palm chain production.
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Liberia's biggest palm oil project quits eco-certification scheme
By Reuters Staff. 3 Min Read. MONROVIA, July 21 (Reuters) - Liberia's largest palm oil company, Golden Veroleum, has quit a global eco-certification scheme in response to accusations from a ...
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Announcement of an unique project in Liberia.. Set-up of a semi industrial palm oil production, fair, sustainable with high added value.. HELOG Academy e.V. . HELOG Academy e.V. is a German and Liberian NGO operating in Liberia since 2015 and is specialized in training for various business applications. More than 700 Individuals has been trained in the past, funded by HELOG and other Development A
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In West and Central Africa, palm oil investors buckle under community ...
In West and Central Africa, palm oil investors buckle under community pressure. by Ashoka Mukpo on 10 March 2022. In the late 2000s, a commodity boom spurred a rush of land deals in West and ...
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In Liberia, a battered palm oil industry adjusts to new rules
Palm oil companies signed a series of large contracts between 2008-2012 to develop plantations in Liberia. Disputes over land ownership by rural communities and the imposition of new environmental ...
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Will palm oil help Liberia? Industry expansion has critics crying foul
Among the top companies now jockeying to supply international markets with Liberian palm oil are Malaysia-based Sime Darby, Golden Veroleum Liberia, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Verdant Fund LP, and UK-listed Equatorial Palm Oil.
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Confirmed: palm oil company destroys rainforest in Liberia
Mar 8, 2021 Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) is guilty of clearing richly biodiverse rainforest for oil palm plantations. This is the conclusion of a report by High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA), an agribusiness industry organization, confirming accusations that the local population and environmentalists have been making for years.
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