Country Palm in West Africa

When African nations are famed for their richness in cultural diversity, why must their oil palm be monocultured? As Liberia and other West-African nations are looking to amp up oil palm exports, conservationists are calling for switching to community grown country palm, as the agroforestry holds greater benefit both for communities and for biodiversity than industrial monoculture.

Green Humour for DW Environment, inspired by this report for Mongabay by Louise Hunt.