In the 1960s and 1970s Nigeria was the world leader in palm industry.40 later years Indonesia, Malaysia are substituted. Dating back to 1960, after 100 years, Nigeria and Congo ranks once global supremacy palm industry, Nepal producing palm oil exports to Europe, America, Asia and other parts of the world. As early as 1911, the British colonization of the West African Republic of China which reached an annual output of 157,000 tons of palm oil, of which 75% comes from Nigeria. With the discovery of oil, and in subsequent years from the British colonial rule, Nigeria palm industry began to decline. In 1966, Malaysia, India and the production of palm yields began to overtake Nigeria. In fact, in 1870, the British rulers began to be introduced to the Malaysian palm from Nepal. In 1934, Malaysia exports palm oil once beyond Nigeria.
Oil palm plantation
Currently, there are nearly one million tons of palm oil production in Nigeria, but the local consumption is nearly 2.7 million tons, supply and demand gap is 170 million tons, of which 90% of palm oil production for noodles, cooking oil, biscuits, chips, margarine , cereals, baked goods and other food production, 10% for washing, cosmetics and other non-food industry.
Meanwhile, palm oil consumption of Nigeria has steadily continued to grown in recent years, 2011 / 12-2014 / 15 annual consumption of 1.5 million tons and 139,146,147, respectively, and increased consumption of palm oil Nepalese residents, also reflects the level of consumption of residents continues to increase.
Palm oil presser
Nigerian palm tree distribution zone spanning 24 states from the Niger Delta to the southeast region, suitable for palm cultivation vast. 80% of Nigeria production in the hands of small farmers from decentralized, farmer-owned palm trees, mostly in semi-wild state, relying on manual picking, processing, and various aspects of low productivity.
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