Assignment On The Oil Palm Tree

SOCIOLOGY

Oil Palm Tree
The oil palm has originated from equatorial tropical region of Africa, which exist in wild
type. It is mostly found in southern latitudes of Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon,
and Angola. This oil palm consists of both outer and smooth surface, which is fibrous
and pulp rich. The hard out surface protects the seed. Palm oil is edible vegetable oil
of fruit, which is African oil palm and less extended to American oil palm. The oil
palm extensively at central and west Africa, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Every tree can
give 10 tonnes of total fresh fruit bunch, which generates 3.9 tonnes of crude palm oil
and 0.5 tonnes of palm oil per hectare. In 2015, nations with highest consumption of
Indonesia, Malaysia, and India, which together comprises of total consumption. Palm
oil has high-saturated content fat that is harmful for cardiovascular health that has
appropriate balance diet. Palm oil does not have any incremental risks for the
cardiovascular diseases but it is recommend using olive oil for cooking. Oil palm is
used in making soaps, candles, biofuels, lubrication greases, coating iron plates and
processing tinplate, which is used to manufacture edible products such as ice cream,
cookies, bread, chocolate confections, and in pharmaceuticals. Use of palm oil in the
food products, which have attracted the concern of environmental activist, high oil
yielding of trees, which have encouraged wide range of cultivation that lead to
cleaning of forests to make space for palm trees. Synthetic palm oil can be made by
carbon containing waste with the assistance of yeast.
Palm oil industry has both positive and negative effect on workers, residential of palm oil
production communities and indigenous opportunities. Palm production avails
employment opportunities, improve infrastructure, reduce poverty, and social
services. Oil palm plantation has developed lands and compensation for the
indigenous people to create higher opportunities. Social initiatives will include palm