# How the world got hooked on palm oil

> A Guardian article describes how the push for palm oil production in Malaysia and Indonesia, supported by government measures and private finance, drove plantation expansion. The excerpt provided is fragmentary.

- Date: 2019-02-19 · published 2019-02-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60462-how-the-world-got-hooked-on-palm-oil
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Background on expansion incentives explains long-run palm supply growth but offers no new price driver. Impact on near-term prices is minimal.

## Sources

- amp.theguardian.com: https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/19/palm-oil-ingredient-biscuits-shampoo-environmental

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