Problem
Instability of trade in oil-seeds, oil nuts and oil kernels
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Incidence:
There are three main markets for oilseeds -- as food, animal feed and raw material in industrial processes. The principle oilseeds include rape, linseed, sunflower, soybeans and olives -- all of which are produced in temperate countries. Tropical oilseeds palm and coconut. The main exporting countries include Brazil (soya meal and soybeans), Indonesia (palm oil), Philippines (coconut oil) and Malaysia (palm kernel). The USA is also a large exporter of soybeans.
Oilseeds are increasingly grown for agricultural purposes substitutes for fossil oil inputs to fuel production, bioplastics, inks and pharmaceuticals. Such production is often seen by its proponents as being environmental beneficial, either because oil from seeds is renewable or because the products are more readily biodegradable.
Broader Problems:
Instability of trade in fixed vegetable oils and fatsInstability of trade in inedible crude non-fuel materials Narrower Problems:
Hazards of oil-palm industryCoconut oil trade instabilityLinseed oil trade instabilitySoya bean oil trade instabilityPalm kernel oil trade instabilityRape and mustard oils trade instability Values:
StabilityInstability Subject(s):
Commerce → TradeIndustry → Vegetable/cereal products
Plant Life → Plants yielding oil-related products
Societal Problems → Instability
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
02.10.2019 – 18:30 CEST