high cooking oil and palm oil refinery n in addis ababa

   
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  • high cooking oil and palm oil refinery n in addis ababa
Is MIDROC Ethiopia building an edible-oil factory in Addis Ababa?

ADDIS ABABA ¨C Midroc Ethiopia has started building a 4-billion birr (100 million euro) worth edible-oil factory which is expected to produce 600,000 liters of cooking oil daily. A cornerstone for the factory was laid in Addis Ababa¡¯s Summit area, adjacent to Pepsi Cola factory, on Saturday

Where is oil palm grown in Ethiopia?

This 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.

Is oil palm a solution to a shortage of edible oil?

However, oil palm is the ultimate solution for the shortage of edible oil nationally due to its high productivity and low price (Chapman & Escobar, 2003 ). Hence research and development work on oil palm should be reinitiated as soon as possible.

What is the capacity of Addis Mojo edible oil?

The capacity of the Addis Mojo edible oil complex is 13,250 metric tons of Refined, Bleached and Deodorized (RBD) edible oil, 5800 metric tons of vegetable ghee and 754 tons of margarine per year. There are also factories in Adama, Gonder and Addis Ababa with various capacities.