• factory 100tpd sunflower oil production plant in Tanzania
  • factory 100tpd sunflower oil production plant in Tanzania
  • factory 100tpd sunflower oil production plant in Tanzania
  • factory 100tpd sunflower oil production plant in Tanzania
  • Does Tanzania have a potential in the sunflower oil sector?
  • Tanzania has great potential in the sunflower oil seeds sector, which can be scaled-up as one of its key sectors for industrial development.
  • Where does Tanzanian sunflower oil come from?
  • We source Tanzania sunflower oil from all parts of the country where the crop sustains under diverse weather conditions. Our sources from Singida keep about 0.5 hectares of land which they cultivate under farmyard manure. We only deal with farmers who use chemical sprays sparingly to reduce residual levels.
  • Which country produces sunflower oil?
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • How many bags of sunflower seeds does RLDC process a day?
  • The partner processes 40-50 bages of sunflower seeds per day, operating the plant 7-9 months per year, processing a total of 9,000-13,000 bags per year. While there are other smaller processors in the region, the RLDC business partner is the only one filtering and packing the oil into containers of 1, 5 and 20 liters.
  • Where does RLDC grow sunflower seeds?
  • Contract Farming in the Kiteto Districts, Tanzania In 2007, the RLDC business partner in Kiteto started to run a sunflower oil processing plant in Kibaya. The partner processes 40-50 bages of sunflower seeds per day, operating the plant 7-9 months per year, processing a total of 9,000-13,000 bags per year.