Editing Palm oil (section)

===Nigeria===
As of 2023-24, [[Nigeria]] was the fifth-largest producer, with 1.5 million tonnes.<ref name=fas/> Both small- and large-scale producers participate in the industry.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ayodele|first=Thompson|date=August 2010|title=African Case Study: Palm Oil and Economic Development in Nigeria and Ghana; Recommendations for the World Bank's 2010 Palm Oil Strategy|url=http://www.ippanigeria.org/worldbankreportpalmoil%5B1%5D.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422142906/http://www.ippanigeria.org/worldbankreportpalmoil%5B1%5D.pdf|archive-date=22 April 2012|access-date=8 December 2011|website=Initiative For Public Policy Analysis}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ayodele|first=Thompson|date=15 October 2010|title=The World Bank's Palm Oil Mistake|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/opinion/16ayodele.html?_r=1&src=sch&pagewanted=all|url-status=live|access-date=8 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119150947/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/opinion/16ayodele.html?_r=1&src=sch&pagewanted=all|archive-date=19 January 2018}}</ref> In much of the [[Niger Delta]], palm oil is commonoly referred to as "red oil" (or red gold) to distinguish it from the "black oil" ([[Petroleum|crude oil]]) which dominates production.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Von Hellermann |first1=Pauline |title=Red gold: a history of palm oil in West Africa |url=https://dialogue.earth/en/food/red-gold-a-history-of-palm-oil-in-west-africa/#:%7E:text=Oil%20palm%E2%80%93human%20relations%20in%20West%20Africa%3A%20a%20long%20history&text=Archaeological%20evidence%20shows%20that%20palm,in%20cleared%20and%20burned%20areas. |access-date=22 May 2024 |publisher=Dialogue Earth |date=18 January 2021}}</ref>