COMMISSIONS: The Curse of Palm Oil in Guatemala: 20-20180213palm0537

IZABAL, GUATEMALA. February 13, 2018 – Children play soccer in an indigenous Maya Q'eqchi community, in the shadow of a palm oil farm, along Lake Izabal, in eastern Guatemala. Palm oil plantations in Guatemala have the highest productivity per hectare of any country in the world, according to the Oil Palm Growers’ Guild in Guatemala (GREPALMA). The world average in palm oil productivity is four tons per hectare, whereas Guatemala is producing seven tons.

IZABAL, GUATEMALA. February 13, 2018 – Children play soccer in an indigenous Maya Q'eqchi community, in the shadow of a palm oil farm, along Lake Izabal, in eastern Guatemala.  

Palm oil plantations in Guatemala have the highest productivity per hectare of any country in the world, according to the Oil Palm Growers’ Guild in Guatemala (GREPALMA). The world average in palm oil productivity is four tons per hectare, whereas Guatemala is producing seven tons.