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![=[GREPALMA ]](../images/g/gt$grepa.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
12 February 2021See also:
GREPALMA was established in 2008 by palm growers.
Oil palm cultivation was
initiated in Guatemala in 1965, as a potential substitute to coffee. In the
1980s, the cotton crisis and the need to maintain a national production of plant
oil prompted the establishment of plantations of oil palms in La Gomera,
Escuintla and San Marcos. In the late 1990S, palms were planted in Izabal and
Petén on plots originally dedicated to cattle-breeding. Oil palms are now
cultivated in three main areas:
- South: San Marcos, Quetzaltenango,
Retalhuleu, Suchitepéquez and Escuintla:
- North-east: Izabal and Alta
Verapaz, especially in the valleys of Motagua and Polochic;
- North; Petén
south, Alta Verapaz north and Quiché north-east.
The yield of crude palm oil
in Guatemala is 6.2 ton per hectare, much higher than the world's average, 3.5
ton per hectare.
https://www.grepalma.org
GREPALMA website
The flag of GREPALMA is
white with the association's emblem.
Photo
https://www.grepalma.org/galerias/discurso-inaugural-iii-congreso-palmero-c-pal-2019
Ivan Sache, 12 February 2021