Monrovia, Dec. 2 -- Stakeholders attending a two-day regional dialogue on oil palm development in West Africa have called for the inclusion of local communities in oil palm development in the sub-region.

The regional dialogue on oil palm development was organized by the Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO), the global oil palm certification scheme, and the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) - a local nongovernmental organization.

The dialogue, held in Monrovia on Thursday, November 28 was part of a one-year pilot project launched by the two institutions aimed at mitigating conflicts between oil palm concessions and communities.

The event brought together participants from the region including Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra ...