• oil palm processing – agriculture in Zambia
  • oil palm processing – agriculture in Zambia
  • oil palm processing – agriculture in Zambia
  • oil palm processing – agriculture in Zambia
  • Why was palm oil imported from West Africa?
  • The establishment of trade in palm oil from West Africa was mainly the result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe. As people in Europe began to take sanitation and hygiene seriously, demand for soap increased, resulting in the demand for vegetable oil suitable for soap manufacture and other technical uses.
  • Is oil palm a plantation crop?
  • Because of its economic importance as an high-yielding source of edible and technical oils, the oil palm is now grown as a plantation crop in most countries with high rainfall (minimum 1 600 mm/yr) in tropical climates within 10 of the equator. The palm bears its fruit in bunches (Fig.1) varying in weight from 10 to 40 kg.
  • What are the environmental impacts of oil palm processing in Nigeria?
  • Therefore, this paper reviewed the environmental impacts of oil palm processing in Nigeria. The study found that oil palm processing emits three waste streams including gaseous (pollutant gases), liquid (palm oil mill effluent i.e. POME) and solid (palm press fibre, chaff, palm kernel shell and empty fruit bunch).
  • What is palm oil processing?
  • The kernel processors have to go around the palm oil processors during the peak season, when prices are lowest, to purchase the nuts for drying. The nut processing and oil extraction is undertaken in the dry season when the pressure to obtain raw materials has subsided. The traditional palm oil processing starts with the shelling of the palm nuts.
  • What is mechanised palm oil production?
  • The mechanised units are likewise referred to as ‘intermediate technology’ production. The village traditional method of extracting palm oil involves washing pounded fruit mash in warm water and hand squeezing to separate fibre and nuts from the oil/water mixture.
  • How is oil palm tree yield distributed?
  • The oil palm tree yield is distributed over the entire year. Most of Central and West Africa experience two rainfall seasons. The oil palm bears fruit in response to the rainfall pattern and hence there are two peak harvesting periods in these regions.