high oil rate soybean seed oil production line in tanzania

   
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Does Tanzania have a shortage of edible oil?

While the local and regional market for edible oils is large and growing, local supply in Tanzania is not keeping up. Given a shortfall of 360K metric tons, Tanzania imports over 60% of the country¡¯s cooking oil. This costs USD 250M in palm oil imports every year, making it the sector with the second highest foreign exchange transactions by value.

Does Tanzania import cooking oil?

Given a shortfall of 360K metric tons, Tanzania imports over 60% of the country¡¯s cooking oil. This costs USD 250M in palm oil imports every year, making it the sector with the second highest foreign exchange transactions by value. However, the country has a large and growing refined sunflower oil industry that can substitute these imports.

What percentage of Tanzania's soybeans are grown by small-scale farmers?

Traditional small-scale farmers grow more than 99 percent of Tanzanias soybean crop; producers generally use few inputs and produce low unit yields.

How can Tanzania expand the edible oil industry?

Low smallholder participation in oil Source: Icons from Noun Project 4 In order to expand the edible oils industry, Tanzania should focus first on the sunflower value chain, as it is best positioned to serve strong demand given current production dynamics Source: IHS Markit; FAOSTAT; Dalberg analysis from calculations