Tanzania is one country among others in the world producing sunflower oilseeds for raw materials in processing cholesterol-free edible cooking oil with a by-product used as livestock feeds. Currently sunflower oil makes about 13% of the world edible oil production.
Why should we invest in sunflower oil in Tanzania?
Investment in sunflower oil production locally could therefore provide competition against imported oil. One reason for encouraging the greater production and processing of sunflower oil in Tanzania is thus its potential for import substitution, which could generate income and jobs at home and have a beneficial impact on foreign- exchange outflows.
How much sunflower oil is produced per capita in 2050?
Figure 3: World population and sunflower oil per capita production – Projection to 2050. Today, only 10% of the global production is used for industrial purpose. FAO sunflower oil production forecast for 2050 is 22,4 million metric tons, which implies or a significant increase on per caput consumption.
How much sunflower oil is produced a year?
While the production of sunflower oil seeds varying between 75,000 to 100,000 tons from year 2001 to 2005, it increased in the last two seasons dramatically to more than 350,000 tons since 2006 (Figure 1).