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2. An exceptional oilseed with multiple uses
2.1 Palms and oils
Etymologically, elaia comes from the ancient Greek word for olive, because of its oil-rich fruit.
The genus Elaeis belongs to the Arecaceae family, Cocoideae tribe. It is a perennial monocotyledon that can live for several centuries, but it is not a true tree in the botanical sense, but rather a giant grass.
This genus is found in the humid tropics of Africa, America and Asia, and comprises several taxonomically well-defined species. From an economic point of view, oil palms correspond to two distinct species: Elaeis guineensis Jacq. and Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés.
The botanist Jacquin (1763) gave the species Elaeis guineensis Jacq. its name, and attributed its center of origin to the Guinean...
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An exceptional oilseed with multiple uses
Delicate cohabitation
Bibliography
Websites
Dossier Oil palm and sustainable development: Oilseeds, Fats, Lipids https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2010/06/ocl2010176p360.pdf
Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) Project http://www.safeproject.net/
...Events
RSPO Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue-Europe. June 23, 2020, Frankfurt, Germany.
RSPO RT17 – XVII Round Table, Indonesia, November 8-11, 2020.
PIPOC 2021 – MPOB International Palm Oil Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2021.
FEDEPALMA – XIX a Conferencia International sobre Palma de Aceite, Cartagena,...
Standards and norms
- Système de management de la qualité. - ISO 9000 -
- Système de management environnemental. - ISO 14000 -
- Responsabilité sociale. - ISO 26000 -
- IFC-World Bank : http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/758161490942631734/pdf/113766-WP-FRENCH- Performance-Standards-2012-Full-Document- - IFC Standards -
Regulations
EU Regulation no. 1169/2011 of 25/10/11 on the provision of food information to consumers – OJ EU L304, 22/11/11, p. 18-63.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 of March 13, 2019 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards, on the one hand, the determination of feedstocks with a high risk of inducing indirect land-use change whose area of...
Directory
AIPH (Association Interprofessionnelle du Palmier à Huile de Côte d'Ivoire) http://www.aiph.ci/
Forest Preservation Alliance https://alliance-preservation-forets.org/
Amsterdam Declaration "Towards Eliminating Deforestation from...
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