SciDevNet: There are good reasons to diversify into other edible oils, but it will take strategic thinking, says Bhavani Shankar.
Palm oil is the world's most popular edible oil. Consumption has grown spectacularly over the last few decades -- from five million tonnes and 13 per cent of vegetable oil consumption in 1980 to 57 million tonnes and 35 per cent of vegetable oil consumption in 2013. It is used in a wide range of foods such as biscuits and confectionery, instant noodles and processed milk products....