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Does Tanzania produce enough edible oil?

However, Tanzania believes it has the capacity to produce enough of the required edible oil and so undertook measures to boost production. In the 2018/19 financial year, the country increased the tariffs on crude palm oil to 25% to promote local production of oil seeds.

How many litres of oil a year does a palm plant produce?

Similar low productivity levels have been reported for oil palm in Kigoma and Mbeya, whereby under current farming conditions one Dura plant yields 7-8 litres of palm oil/year; and, a plant of Tenera yields 28 litres/year. As for avocados, there is no single company in Tanzania which processes avocados to produce edible oils.

Can palm oil value chain development help alleviate poverty in Kigoma?

In Kigoma there are over 30,000 smallholder subsistence palm oil farmers2. Meanwhile, the country imports over 500,000 MT of palm oil per annum. Thus, palm oil value chain development offers great potential for both import substitution and poverty alleviation.

Which region produces the most palm oil?

Kigoma Region with 6,819 ha (70.0 percent) had the largest planted area, followed by Mbeya with 2,102 ha (21.6 percent). The other palm oil producing region was Pwani (444 ha: 4.6 percent). The total production was 16,593 Tons from 7,717 ha harvested with an average yield of 2.2 Tons/ha.