Senior scientist, Cirad
JM Roda is economist at Cirad (Unit Forest & Societies). He is seconded by CIRAD to UPM (INTROP). His research is on industrial economics, dynamics, strategies and agribusinesses patterns that shape the demand and the sustainability of forests and natural resources in tropical countries : forests industries and plantation commodities such as oil palm, rubber etc.

The geopolitics of palm oil and deforestation
Jul 03, 2019 21:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Like other vegetable and animal fats, palm oil follows food-supply trends that have been well documented since the 18th century. For example, in France the calorie intake per capita peaked around 1900 and has since been...