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Oil palm can stand the cold
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Oil palm can stand the cold
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Until recently, the only oil palm variety that grew in the upland regions of Africa was the Dura type, but it has low yields of edible oil. Breeders from FAO and a Costa Rican company have now crossed it with the high-yielding Tenera type, which grows at lower levels. Tests in Ethiopia, where the new palms are grown at altitudes exceeding 900 m, gave promising results. FAO is currently transferring the new variety to other countries such as Malawi, Zambia, and Cameroon.
Until recently, the only oil palm variety that grew in the upland regions of Africa was the Dura type, but it has low yields of edible oil. Breeders from FAO and a Costa Rican company have now crossed it with the high-yielding Tenera type, which... |
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2014-10-16T09:07:32Z
2014-10-16T09:07:32Z 2000 |
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News Item
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CTA. 2000. Oil palm can stand the cold. Spore 85. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46669 |
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en
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Spore;85
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CTA
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Spore
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