Since the 1970s research has developed oilseed crops and the industry has flourished in the province.
Transport fuel based on renewable oilseed crops such as soybeans and rapeseed also has potential.
Microalgae systems use less water than traditional oilseed crops.
C. sativa has been traditionally cultivated as an oilseed crop to produce vegetable oil and animal feed.
Sesame seed is considered to be the oldest oilseed crop known, domesticated well over 3000 years ago.
Sesame seed is considered to be the oldest oilseed crop known to humanity.
Cultivated cotton is also a major oilseed crop, as well as a main protein source for animal feed.
Crambe abyssinica is an oilseed crop, native to the Mediterranean area.
France had threatened to veto the portion of the accord dealing with oilseed crops.
By the late 1980s, soybeans represented the country's most important oilseed crop.