100Tpd Pumpkin Seeds Oil Line in Sudan

Who is involved in pumpkin cultivation?
From the survey, it was observed that mostlyelderly people above 46 years were involved in pumpkin cultivation; youths were less involved and pumpkin cultivation is mainly practiced on a small scale.
Is Pumpkin an underutilized fruit vegetable in Uganda?
Pumpkin is one of the underutilized fruit vegetables in Uganda despite the fact that it has wide spectrum of both nutritional and medicinal values.
Is Pumpkin a food security crop?
Farmers appreciate the crop’s nutritional and medicinal values, in addition to being a source of livelihood. Pumpkin fruit vegetable is multipurpose in that all the parts of the plant can be consumed thus minimizing food wastage and also the plant can stay long on the shelf thus has thepotential to act as a food security crop.
Where do Pumpkins come from?
Pumpkins (Cucurbita spp.) belong to the family Cucurbitaceae and genus Cucurbita. The Cucurbita species is believed to have originated fromAmerica (Nakazibwe et al., 2019). In most African countries like Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa,Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, pumpkins grow well (Ngwerume and Grubben, 2004). … …