• high quality oil palm processing plant soybeanoilmachine in Cameroon
  • high quality oil palm processing plant soybeanoilmachine in Cameroon
  • high quality oil palm processing plant soybeanoilmachine in Cameroon
  • high quality oil palm processing plant soybeanoilmachine in Cameroon
  • Who makes palm oil in Cameroon?
  • Currently, agro-industrial palm plantations and industrial transformation of palm oil in Cameroon are carried out by five large companies: The French group Bolloré has three companies including - SOCAPALM (28,027 ha), SAFACAM (4,870 ha) and the Swiss Farm (3,793 ha); the other two companies belong to the State: CDC (12,670 ha) and PAMOL (9,500 ha).
  • How can Cameroon increase palm oil production?
  • The Government of Cameroon’s Rural Sector Development Plan proposes an increase in palm oil production to 300,000 tons in 2015 and 450,000 tons in 2020. This can be achieved primarily through increasing oil production yields, as well as potentially increasing the area under oil palm production and by increasing oil extraction rates.
  • How much oil does a palm plantation produce in Cameroon?
  • Figure 2: Biogeographical regions of Cameroon (Source: IRAD and Cameroon Statistics Directory – 2000.) Under good ecological conditions a well-managed oil palm plantation can produce up to 7.2 tons of crude palm oil (CPO) (and 1.5 ton of palm kernel oil (PKO)) (Caliman, 2011), although the industrial average is closer to 4.0 tons CPO/hectare.
  • How sustainable is agriculture in Cameroon?
  • In Cameroon, the sustainable management of agricultural land is still a huge challenge for the government. Smallholders seek arable lands to expand their production areas, and sometimes pay no attention to problems related to sustainable forestry practices. The government wants to modernize the artisanal oil palm sector and increase production.
  • What is Opal Cameroon?
  • To increase interaction among the various stakeholders in the sector, the OPAL Cameroon team began by creating a participatory role-playing game called CoPalCam (Cooperation in the Cameroonian oil palm value chain) an innovative awareness-building tool that was developed together with smallholders, agro-industries and the government.
  • Does Cameroon need RSPO certification?
  • This strategy is quite advanced and now only needs Government approval,” says Emmanuel Ngom. With regard to advocating to the agro-industries, SOCAPALM and SAFACAM, subsidiaries of the SOCFIN group, are responsible for more than 50% of Cameroon’s palm oil production and are seeking RSPO certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.