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| The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) as biodiesel source is an expanding crop in subtropical areas. Oil palm grows in high rainfall zones within 20 degrees of the Equator. The European Union and the People's Republic of China are the main palm oil importers, with more than five million tons each one, 38% of the market share. Honduras (Central America) produces 0.13 Mt of vegetable oil (8% of the total oil of Latin America). Honduras¿s government has started up the ¿Megaproject of planting 200 thousand hectares of oil palm for biodiesel¿. In Honduras Oil palm grows on 90,000 ha and it wants to add 200,000 hectares in 2009. This exploratory model showed a fresh fruit bunch yield variability of ± 4 t ha-1 related with soil types. Initially oil palm plantation replaces other crops, as banana or cotton, from good soils, after that plantation will set on forest soils with smaller productive capacity. Extension of this crop out of current cultivated land must be studied in relation with social and environmental issues. | |
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Internacional
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Si |
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Nombre congreso
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Farming Systems Design 2007 an international symposium on Methodologies for Integrated Analysis of Farm Production Systems |
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Tipo de participación
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960 |
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Lugar del congreso
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ITALIA |
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Revisores
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Si |
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978- 88-7830-474-1 |
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Fecha inicio congreso
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10/09/2007 |
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Fecha fin congreso
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12/09/2007 |
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