• scale palm oil processing in Togo
  • scale palm oil processing in Togo
  • scale palm oil processing in Togo
  • scale palm oil processing in Togo
  • Can small-scale oil palm processors produce good quality crude oil?
  • When supported through training and provision of efficient processing equipment the small-scale oil palm processors can produce good quality crude palm oil to meet the demand of the local industry. However, the government's policy has been to support smallholder outgrower schemes attached to large and medium scale processing mills.
  • How is palm oil processed?
  • Cooked fruits are collected and thrown into a mechanized digester for pounding. This is followed by the extraction of the palm oil by men, by pressing the hot, pounded fruits that are confined in a metal press cage. Clarification is in principle the last stage of processing.
  • Are there any exploratory and scoping studies in the oil palm industry?
  • Unpublished exploratory and scoping studies by two of the authors of this paper (S. Adjei-Nsiah and C. Osei-Amponsah) were conducted in 2009 in order to explore opportunities and constraints in the oil palm industry, which were then examined in-depth in the diagnostic study reported here.
  • Why is palm oil a problem in Ghana?
  • A large percentage of the palm oil produced by small-scale processors cannot be utilized by the larger scale industries in Ghana or abroad because of its poor quality. There is an urgent need to explore the causes and to identify ways to address the situation.
  • How much palm oil does Ghana produce?
  • In 2009, Ghana produced about 2,103,600 metric tons (MT) of oil palm fruit bunches and 130,000 MT of palm oil . Small-scale processors produce about 60% of the country's palm oil .
  • How does socio-technical and institutional constraints affect palm oil processing?
  • The combined effects of the identified socio-technical and institutional constraints located at both the processor and above-processor levels impact the processors, and hence palm oil quality, and hinder their access to remunerative markets all year round. 5.5. Processing of oil palm fruits