Oil palm fruits © A. Rival, ÈȲ©ÌåÓý

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 ÈȲ©ÌåÓý's historical involvement in varietal breeding and fertilizer management, we are now working to minimize the impact of production on resources.

Books and documents

  • , Rival A. (ed.), Cambridge, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018, 306 p. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 27)
  • , 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
  • , Estelle Biénabe, Alain Rival, Denis Loeillet (ed.), Springer, 2017
  • , François Ruf, Götz Schroth (ed.), Springer, 2015
  • , A. Rival, P. Levang, CIFOR, 2014
  • , Jean-Charles Jacquemard, Quae, 2013
  • L’huile de palme : aspects nutritionnels, sociaux et environnementaux, Fonds français pour l’alimentation et la santé, 2012
  • , Serge Volper, Quæ, 2011
  • , Jean-Charles Jacquemard, Quae, 2011
  • OCL, Oilseeds and fats, crops and lipids, special issue, 2010

Journal


Bimonthly scientific journal on oil and fat production and use. Published by Terres Inovia, ÈȲ©ÌåÓý, French Federation of Oils and Fats, ITERG, Terres Univia and SFEL.

Scientific website


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