Big Output Mill Olive Oil in Gambia

Big Output Mill Olive Oil in Gambia
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • Where is the oil palm mill located in Sierra Leone?
  • In fact, the other Oil palm companies, Goldtree and Nedoil, which are the only large-scale companies that maintained a contract farming scheme with smallholder farmers has their oil palm mill with a capacity of 20 tonne/hr located in the Daru town in Kailahun district in the eastern province of Sierra Leone.
  • How big is the oil palm plantation in Kambia?
  • In general it appears that the oil palm plantation in the 4 district are prevalently small in size (1-5ha) and older than 10 years, with the only exception of Kambia where oil palm cultivation appears to be a relatively new activity.
  • How do rural households use palm oil?
  • Rural households use both cultivated and wild oil palm for different purposes which includes the extraction of palm oil from the fruit and palm kernel oil from the palm kernel. Both types of oils provide nutrition and cash income for households, and are major export products from Sierra Leone.
  • Who produces oil palms in Africa?
  • According to Elikplim Dziwornu Agbitor, RSPO Head, Africa, “Oil palm production in the region is dominated by several hundred thousand smallholder farmers, with typically 1–2-hectare holdings, who are estimated to account for an average of 70% of the total production area.