gold palm oil solvent extraction plant in cameroon

   
gold palm oil solvent extraction plant in cameroon
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • gold palm oil solvent extraction plant in cameroon
How much palm oil is produced in Cameroon?

Production of palm oil in Cameroon is distributed across three plantation types or scales: ? Agro-industrial plantations (58,860 ha producing 120,000 tons); ? Supervised smallholder plantations (35,000 ha producing 30,000 tons), and ? Independent smallholdings (occupying an estimated 100,000 ha producing approximately 80,000 tons of palm oil4).

Is there a potential oil palm yield gap in Cameroon?

In Cameroon, we found that on-farm oil palm yields averaged 5¨C7 tons FFBs ha ?1 throughout the study area and across producer groups, well below the 20 tons FFBs ha ?1 potential yield for the country ( Nkongho et al., 2015 ). The large yield gap points to a major opportunity to increase production on existing oil palm fields.

Does clearing forest increase palm oil production in southwest Cameroon?

We found that 73% of oil palm producers in Southwest Cameroon reported clearing forest to expand cultivation, based on a survey of 546 farms. The magnitude of expansion was explained by differences in palm oil milling strategies and supply chain integration.

Does non-industrial oil palm development affect primary forests in Cameroon?

Similarly, Ndjogui et al. (2016) found that 71% of smallholder oil palm plantations in Cameroon expanded into secondary forests, and 5% into intact forests. These findings suggest that non-industrial oil palm developments have a lesser impact on primary forests.