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What is the problem of palm oil processing & marketing?

However, 16 (11.8 percent) of the respondents attributed the problem of palm oil processing and marketing to lack of storage facilities while 8 (5.9 percent) of the respondents associated their challenge to continuous dependence on manual and crude tools for production by the local people. VI. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations

How is palm oil marketed?

The modern mills have made it easier for processing of palm oil and kernel since the entire manual exercise has been taken over by machines. From the findings also, the marketing of palm produce is undertaken in phases. In the first instance, the product may be sold direct to middlemen who go from house-to-house for the product.

Is palm oil processing a major economic activity in Akwa Ibom?

Earlier Studies by Poku (1993), Ndon (2001) and Ibrahim (2001) revealed that, palm oil processing and marketing is a major economic activity of the people of Akwa Ibom and is mostly carried out by rural dwellers particularly women under manual and subsistence methods.

What are the basic operations associated with palm oil processing?

The basic unit operations associated with palm oil processing include fruit sterilization, fruit loosening/stripping, digestion, oil extraction and clarification. Fruit sterilization denotes heat rendering and moisture absorption. The aim is to inactivate the lipolytic enzymes in the fruit mesocarp.