• palm oil refining processing plant in Uganda
  • palm oil refining processing plant in Uganda
  • palm oil refining processing plant in Uganda
  • palm oil refining processing plant in Uganda
  • How much palm oil can a refinery produce in Uganda?
  • Uganda can only produce 20% of the crude palm oil required by refineries – using the case of OPUL and BIDCO Uganda Ltd2. This implies that an investment in a refinery must have clear strategies for sourcing raw materials (FFBs or crude palm oil) for processing or refining.
  • How is oil palm investment implemented in Uganda?
  • Accordingly, the introduction and implementation of oil palm investments (from production to value addition) in Uganda is through a Public Private Partnership (PPP), spearheaded by the Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) housed at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF).
  • Why is palm oil a problem in Uganda?
  • Processing challenge due to inadequacy of raw materials (crude palm oil). Most of the crude palm oil used in refineries in Uganda is imported – to the tune of about 80%. This implies that any new processing plant is highly likely going to encounter shortages of raw materials.
  • How much palm oil does Jinja refinery import?
  • Specifically, the refinery in Jinja imports between 75-80 percent of its crude palm oil requirement from Indonesia and Malaysia. According to estimates from Kalangala, all the crude oil produced by the two mills in Kalangala can be utilized for a period of only one week by the Jinja-based refinery.
  • Where is oil palm grown in Uganda?
  • 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.
  • Which country supplies crude palm oil to Uganda?
  • Within the region, it is only the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that supplies crude palm oil to Uganda, although the import value is the least compared to the rest of the suppliers.