Editing Palm oil (section)

===Kenya===
[[Kenya]]'s domestic production of edible oils covers about a third of its annual demand, estimated at {{convert|380,000|MT|ST}}. The rest is imported at a cost of around US$140 million a year, making edible oil the country's second most important import after petroleum. Since 1993 a new [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] variety of cold-tolerant, high-yielding oil palm has been promoted by the [[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]] in western Kenya. As well as alleviating the country's deficit of edible oils while providing an important cash crop, it is claimed to have environmental benefits in the region, because it does not compete against food crops or native vegetation and it provides stabilisation for the soil.{{cn|date=November 2024}}