The best area for cultivation of oil palm in Uganda was found to be the Lake Victoria islands, notably the Ssese Islands (IFAD, 1997). Since 1998, the Government of Uganda has invested in domestic production and processing of vegetable oils to meet the increasing national demand.
What is oil palm research in Uganda?
Oil palm research in Uganda is spearheaded by the National Crop Resources Research Institute, NaCRRI, funded by the government of Uganda and International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD through the National Oil Palm Project, NOPP under the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, MAAIF.
Why is Uganda interested in palm oil?
The Government of Uganda’s interest in the development of palm oil partly originates from the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), and the government’s Vision 2040, National Development Plans, the National Agriculture Policy (NAP), and the Agriculture Sector Strategic Plan (ASSP).
Is oil palm adaptable to agroecology in Uganda?
Oil palm, a lucrative vegetable oil crop in the world, showed promising adaptability to some agroecologies in Uganda from studies carried out in the 1970s resulting in first commercial establishment in 2005 in Bugala Island, Kalangala district.