Origin of oil palm
It is generally agreed that the Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) originated in the tropical rain forestregion of West Africa. The main belt runs through the southern latitudes of Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and into the...
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History of Production and Processing of Edible Oil in Nigeria
Oil palm and ground nut oil are the first generation of vegetable oil to be produced and processed at commercial scale in Nigeria. Ground nut oil is produced from leguminous plant in the Northern part of the country and oil palm is grown in ...
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Agricultural production in Nigeria
Nigeria lies between Longitudes 2° 49' E and 14° 37' E and Latitudes 4° 16' N and 13° 52' North of the Equator. The climate is tropical, characterized by high temperatures and humidity as well as marked wet and dry seasons, though there...
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Palm oil storage notes
Storage tank, the heating coils are generally installed in the tank bottom.Palm oil,especially in the big melting pot storage palm oil, heating should tank top to bottom, they are liable to make the bottom of the tank split up....
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Investment in palm oil mill can get great benefits
Palm oil is squeezed from the oil palm fruit and palm kernel,it is also considered a natural foods to eat more than five thousand years of history. Palm tree native to West Africa, in 1870, passed in Malaysian palm trees as an ornamental pla...
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2014 palm oil price chart
In 2013-14 over 75 million tonnes of oils and fats were exported worldwide. Within this total, palm oil and palm kernel oil accounted for the largest individual export total at almost 44 million tonnes, significantly ahead of soybean oil, th...
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Palm Oil Posts Worst Start to Year Since 2010 as Demand Slows
Palm oil capped the biggest January decline since 2010 as demand weakens amid a supply glut. Futures dropped 5.3 percent this month, the most since November, as a slump in exports from Malaysia, the largest producer after Indonesia, signals...
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Cameroon to Boost Palm-Oil Production by 26% in Three Years
Cameroon, Africa’s third-biggest palm-oil producer, plans to start using higher-yielding seeds to help raise production by 26 percent over the next three years....
2016
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