New Palm Fruit Palm Fruit Oil Production Line in Niger
- Use: Palm Oil
- Type:Palm Oil Production Line
- Production Capacity: 68.15
- Power: 17.5
- Dimension(L*W*H): 1850*1100*2400mm
- Weight: 29 kg
- Efficiency (%): 85%
- Market: Niger
Palm Oil Value Chain Project — PIND Foundation
The Niger Delta’s 9 states account for roughly 57% of Nigerian palm oil production. Palm oil is primarily produced in three ways – through the collection of palm fruit (fresh fruit bunches) from wild groves, private plantations managed by individual farmers, and large coproate or government owned plantations.
In the Niger Delta, Women Cash in on a New Type of Oil Boom. In a region of Nigeria famed for its crude oil, and the conflict that often goes with it, women are embracing palm oil production instead of fighting discrimination in the fossil fuel industry. Written by Orji Sunday. Published on July 11, 2018.
Palm Oil Industry in Nigeria: Value Chain Analysis
With a population of 140 million by the 2006 census, Nigeria would require annually 1,722,000 tons of vegetable oils & fats to meet the national requirement for food and non-food uses. From the analysis of the sector, total palm oil and palm kernel oil production per annum is currently at most about 741,800.
A 2017 report by Environmental Rights Action and Friends of the Earth Nigeria into the effects of the industry in the Edo state—one of the eight that make up the Niger Delta region—recommends turning away from palm oil production, and cites women and girls as being particularly vulnerable to the conversion of forests into plantations.
Improving harvesting operations in an oil palm plantation
Oil palm agricultural systems involve large extensions of land that demand careful planning of the harvesting operations. The plantation manager is in charge of synchronizing resources (i.e., crews and a complex cableway network) to harvest at the right time to maximize palm oil yield in latter stages of the value chain. In particular, in this type of crop it is ideal to visit each palm every
Background Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is by far the most important global oil crop, supplying about 40% of all traded vegetable oil. Palm oils are key dietary components consumed daily by over three billion people, mostly in Asia, and also have a wide range of important non-food uses including in cleansing and sanitizing products. Main body Oil palm is a perennial crop with a > 25-year life
Red gold: the rise and fall of West Africa’s palm oil empire
The rise in oil palm brokers. West African producers successfully responded to growing European palm oil demand through the modification and expansion of existing small-scale production methods
Palm Oil Value Chain Analysis in the Niger Delta. 2011. This report analyses the palm oil subsector and value chain in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria and the impacts of this value chain on the economy, society and environment of the area. The aim of the report is to identify the types of value chain interventions which can contribute to the
Palm Oil Intervention Justifications, PIND Foundation
Palm oil is an important product used for food and industrial purposes such as vegetable oil, margarines, seasoning for noodles, confectionery as well as personal care products in Nigeria. In 2012, demand for palm oil in Nigeria was about 1.4 million tons valued at about 406 billion naira.
While the volume of imports of West African palm oil into the UK levelled off between the 1850s and 1890s, large-scale production of this new edible product stimulated renewed demand for palm oil and especially kernels in the early 20th century; in the 1930s, British West Africa exported around 500,000 tonnes of palm produce annually.
