{"id":29952,"date":"2025-07-06T14:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gapki.id\/en\/?p=29952"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T07:06:36","slug":"which-of-all-oil-crops-most-land-efficient-and-most-productive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gapki.id\/en\/news\/2025\/07\/06\/which-of-all-oil-crops-most-land-efficient-and-most-productive\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Of All Oil Crops Most Land-Efficient And Most Productive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may be one of those who say oil palm plantations destroy forest and land areas due to their uncontrolled expansion. But mind you, the real fact is that oil palm is the most productive and most efficient oil crop in terms of land use if compared to other oil crops, including soybean, rapeseed and sunflower.<\/p>\n

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Oil Palm: Less Land, Higher production!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If we compare the planting areas of oil crops from year to year, we will surely find that the oil palm plantations have the lowest expansion. Let\u2019s find out through the following data:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\nSoybean<\/strong><\/td>\nSunflower<\/strong><\/td>\nRapeseed<\/strong><\/td>\nPalm oil<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1980<\/td>\n48.5 million ha<\/td>\n5.3 million ha<\/td>\n9.9 million ha<\/td>\n1.0 million ha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\n75.5 million ha<\/td>\n19.8 million ha<\/td>\n24.7 million ha<\/td>\n10 million ha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\n139.7 million ha<\/td>\n28.2 million ha<\/td>\n41.5 million ha<\/td>\n26.9 million ha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025 (projection)<\/strong><\/td>\n145 million ha<\/strong><\/td>\n29 million ha<\/strong><\/td>\n43 million ha<\/strong><\/td>\n28 million ha<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/em><\/strong> Data of USDA (2024) and projection based on growth trend.<\/em><\/p>\n

Palm areas are much smaller, but what about production? Let\u2019s check the facts!<\/p>\n

Vegetable oil productivity: Palm oil the highest!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oil palm has outcompeted all of other oil crops since early 2000. Following is the estimation of global production of vegetable oils (in million tons):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/strong><\/td>\nSoybean<\/strong><\/td>\nSunflower<\/strong><\/td>\nRapeseed<\/strong><\/td>\nPalm Oil<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1980<\/td>\n9.92<\/td>\n1.53<\/td>\n2.58<\/td>\n5.37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\n26.78<\/td>\n7.91<\/td>\n13.90<\/td>\n27.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\n62.31<\/td>\n20.83<\/td>\n32.85<\/td>\n88.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025 (projection)<\/strong><\/td>\n65 million tons<\/strong><\/td>\n22 million tons<\/strong><\/td>\n34 million tons<\/strong><\/td>\n91 million tons<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/em> USDA Oilseeds Report (2024) and trend of market growth.<\/em><\/p>\n

It shows that despite smaller areas, the oil palm has the highest production of vegetable oil in the world!<\/p>\n

Most Productive: 1 Hectare can produce 3.36 Tons of oil!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seen from land use and productivity, the oil palm is really amazing:<\/p>\n