Grown only in the tropics, the oil palm tree produces high-quality oil used primarily for cooking in developing countries. It is also used in food products, detergents, cosmetics, and, to a small extent, biofuel. Palm oil is a small ingredient in the U.S. diet, but more than half of all packaged products Americans consume contain palm oil-it's found in lipstick, soaps, detergents, and even ice cream. Generally, the objective of this Agricultural Training Manual is to guide its user to the successful cultivation of the crop and best measures to effectively process end products. The manual consisting of 7 modules is presented in a simple easy to understand style. It essentially deals with the explanation of Basic knowledge of agricultural practice, Crop production; the management of oil palm, oil palm has been captured in a separate module to emphasize its importance. Cash crops are plants grown or managed, harvested, and sold for cash rather than for subsistence. They are grown for grains, fruits, flowers, foliage, stems, roots, latex, or any plant organ which may be consumed directly (e.g. fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, and cut foliage) or processed into such products as fiber, rubber, sugar, and biofuel.

Grown only in the tropics, the oil palm tree produces high-quality oil used primarily for cooking in developing countries. It is also used in food products, detergents, cosmetics, and, to a small extent, biofuel. Palm oil is a small ingredient in the U.S. diet, but more than half of all packaged products Americans consume contain palm oil-it's found in lipstick, soaps, detergents, and even ice cream. Generally, the objective of this Agricultural Training Manual is to guide its user to the successful cultivation of the crop and best measures to effectively process end products. The manual consisting of 7 modules is presented in a simple easy to understand style. It essentially deals with the explanation of Basic knowledge of agricultural practice, Crop production; the management of oil palm, oil palm has been captured in a separate module to emphasize its importance. Cash crops are plants grown or managed, harvested, and sold for cash rather than for subsistence. They are grown for grains, fruits, flowers, foliage, stems, roots, latex, or any plant organ which may be consumed directly (e.g. fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, and cut foliage) or processed into such products as fiber, rubber, sugar, and biofuel.

The oil palm is the world's most valuable oil crop. Its production has increased over the decades, reaching 56 million tons in 2013, and it gives the highest yields per hectare of all oil crops. Remarkably, oil palm has remained profitable through periods of low prices. Demand for palm oil is also expanding, with the edible demand now complemented by added demand from biodiesel producers. The Oil Palm is the definitive reference work on this important crop. This fifth edition features new topics - including the conversion of palm oil to biodiesel, and discussions about the impacts of palm oil production on the environment and effects of climate change alongside comprehensively revised chapters, with updated references throughout. The Oil Palm, Fifth Edition will be useful to researchers, plantation and mill managers who wish to understand the science underlying recommended practices. It is an indispensable reference for agriculture students and all those working in the oil palm industry worldwide.

Grown only in the tropics, the oil palm tree produces high-quality oil used primarily for cooking in developing countries. It is also used in food products, detergents, cosmetics, and, to a small extent, biofuel. Palm oil is a small ingredient in the U.S. diet, but more than half of all packaged products Americans consume contain palm oil-it's found in lipstick, soaps, detergents, and even ice cream. Generally, the objective of this Agricultural Training Manual is to guide its user to the successful cultivation of the crop and best measures to effectively process end products. The manual consisting of 7 modules is presented in a simple easy to understand style. It essentially deals with the explanation of Basic knowledge of agricultural practice, Crop production; the management of oil palm, oil palm has been captured in a separate module to emphasize its importance. Cash crops are plants grown or managed, harvested, and sold for cash rather than for subsistence. They are grown for grains, fruits, flowers, foliage, stems, roots, latex, or any plant organ which may be consumed directly (e.g. fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, and cut foliage) or processed into such products as fiber, rubber, sugar, and biofuel.

The book provides a broad synthesis of the major supply and demand drivers of the dramatic expansion of oil crops in the tropics; its economic, social, and environmental impacts; and the future outlook to 2050. It is a comprehensive review of the oil crop sector with a major focus on oil palm and soybeans, the two most dynamic crops in world agriculture in recent decades.