Yet beyond the calm of Easter tables, palm oil remains under a harsher light. Oil palm remains the most land-efficient vegetable oil crop in the world. Per hectare, oil palm produces roughly four to six tonnes of oil annually. Sustainability must also be affordableThe global vegetable oil market is deeply interconnected, and palm oil remains one of its stabilising anchors. National systems like the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil and Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil have institutionalised baseline standards.

Source: The Star April 08, 2026 01:46 UTC