Soy
The soybean complex comprises three main products: the bean (or seed), the oil and the soybean cake. Soybean meal is the by-product of the (...)
Palm oil
Palm oil is a vegetable oil extracted by hot pressing from the pulp of the fruits of the oil palm, a tree native to tropical Africa from which (...)
Cocoa
Cocoa production and consumption
Driven by global demand, the increase in areas dedicated to cocoa production has been particularly strong (...)
Natural rubber
The global natural rubber market
World production of natural rubber is estimated at 13.7 million tonnes in 2019 (source International Rubber (...)
Wood and derived products
The global timber market
At the global level, the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) indicates that nearly 1.15 (...)
Beef and its co-products
Deforestation linked to the beef sector around the world
According to Henders et al. (2015), cattle breeding is responsible for 60% of (...)
