• efficiency measurement of modern groundnut oil processing
  • efficiency measurement of modern groundnut oil processing
  • efficiency measurement of modern groundnut oil processing
  • efficiency measurement of modern groundnut oil processing
  • What is groundnut oil processing?
  • The oil processing includes cleaning of seeds, clarification, extraction, packaging and storage. The process differs for variety of seeds. We are here defining the process that is used while extracting the oil from various types of nuts and oil seeds. 1. Groundnut oil press process: -Magnetic roller is to remove metallic impurities.
  • What is groundnut oil used for?
  • Groundnut oil is used for cooking, as salad oil, for canning sardines, and margarine manufacturing (Sharma & Caralli, 2004).The residue after oil extraction is a source of protein for animal feed. In traditional oil extraction method, this residue is fried into a local delicacy known as groundnut cake (GNC) or ‘kulikuli’in Hausa.
  • What is the level of significance of groundnut variable?
  • Raw groundnut variable was significant at 1% level of significance (LOS) in Nasarawa and Niger States. Fuel-wood and salt were both significant at 1% LOS in Nasarawa and Benue States. In the inefficiency aspects, age and years of experience were significant at 1% LOS in all the states.
  • What happened to groundnut oil in Nigeria?
  • The petroleum oil boom and its consequence upon the agricultural sector saw Nigeria importing groundnut oil. In 1980, about 200,000 tonnes of groundnut products were imported in form of vegetable oil. The 1.95million tonnes output in 1974 dropped to 0.4million tonnes in 1983.
  • What are groundnuts used for?
  • Elsewhere, groundnut is processed into peanut butter, peanut flour, peanut flakes and many other products. Bulk export of groundnuts from Nigeria started to decline in the 1960s in favour of local crushing by mills in and around Kano and else-where.
  • Where do groundnuts grow?
  • Groundnut is a short herbaceous annual crop that produces its pods inside the soil, (figure 1.1). Historically, the Sudan and northern guinea savanna of Nigeria have been the high producing zones.