corn germ oil peanut oil production plant in ethiopia

   
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • corn germ oil peanut oil production plant in ethiopia

FAQ

  • QWhat oilseeds are used in Ethiopia?
    ANine oilseeds namely noug, gomenzer, linseed, soybean, sunflower, castor, sesame, ground nut and cotton are important in Ethiopia for edible oil consumption. During the last 60?years, 156 varieties with their production practices were registered. Sesame contributes significantly to the foreign currency earnings next to coffee.
  • QIs there an edible oil shortage in eastern Africa?
    AIn the 1970’s FAO forecasted that there will be edible oil shortage in Eastern Africa and set up experimental plots and pilot production of oil palm at Gelesha; what is now in Mizing Zone of the Gambella Region (Chapman & Escobar, 2003 and Alemaw, 2011 ).
  • QWhat oils can be processed?
    AAll kinds of seed crude oil. For example common oils: soybean, peanut, sunflower, rapeseed, palm fruit, coconut, rice bran, corn germ, cottonseed, etc.
  • QHow much oil did Ethiopia import in 1973?
    ADuring 1973, Ethiopia imported 1000 tons of edible oil. During the same period, the per capita consumption was 1.04?kg/year for rural and 8.04?kg/year for urban consumers. Similarly, oilseeds were the fourth export commodities with sesame and oilseed cake being the dominant commodities and in 1970 it amounted 32,379,000 birr.
  • QWhere is oil palm grown in Ethiopia?
    AThis crop was introduced in Ethiopia at Gelesha in Gambella Region (Chapman & Escobar, 2003 ), Omorate and Weito in Southern region and Bako in Oromia region. Although oil palm is the ultimate crop to solve the edible oil shortage, it is not being cultivated at a large scale in Ethiopia.
  • QHow many plant species are economically important in Ethiopia?
    AAmong many plant species that bear oils in their seed in Ethiopia, only nine of them are economically important.
  • QWhere is edible oil grown?
    ADespite the revenue from export, 90% of the national demand of edible oil is imported. Among oilseeds, groundnut, sunflower and soybean are the choice of cultivation both in high rainfall Western lowlands and irrigated areas of Awash, Omo and Wabe Shebelle and Dawa Genale valleys.