Crude Coconut Oil Coconut Oil Production Line in Kenya

Crude Coconut Oil Coconut Oil Production Line in Kenya
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
August Coconut Oil Production Line in Kenya
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • What is the coconut industry doing in Kenya?
  • The coconut industry in Kenya has been taking a deliberate shift to value-added products like Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), Coconut milk, Coconut powder, Desiccated coconut, Coconut water, Coir and coir-based products, Coconut shell charcoal/activated carbon among authors to increase export income.
  • What is a coconut sub-sector in Kenya?
  • Mandate: develop, promote and regulate the Nuts and Oil crops industry in Kenya. Coconut sub-sector is made up of 10 million trees, covering 82,921 ha supporting about 95,000 households. The coconut sub-sector has a potential national aggregate value of KES 25 Billion annually only about KES 13 Billion (52%) value is being exploited.
  • What nut crops are grown in Kenya?
  • The scheduled nuts and oil crops in Kenya include coconut, Cashewnuts, Macadamia, Oil palm, Sunflower, Sesame, Castor, Canola, Peanuts, Bambara nuts, Sunflower, jojoba, linseed (flax seed). Subsector is important as a source of processed edible oil, animal feed and industrial oil.
  • Will US partnership with Kenyan coconut-processor kentaste create economic opportunities?
  • Tuesday, August 29, 2023, Kwale, Kenya. The United States has announced a partnership with Kenyan coconut-processor Kentaste that will create economic opportunities for more than 4,500 Kenyan farmers.
  • What are the nuts production seasons in Kenya?
  • There are two nuts production seasons in Kenya – low (April-October): low supply, high demand, high prices; high (November -March) The aggregate increase in supply has generally increased activity in the sub-sector-awakened value addition, replanting (total of 2million seedlings planted since 2010)
  • What is the value of coconut sub-sector?
  • The coconut sub-sector has a potential national aggregate value of KES 25 Billion annually only about KES 13 Billion (52%) value is being exploited. Industry contribution is 0.4% of total National GDP Value and 1.5% of the Agriculture sector GDP contribution