professional turnkey plant sunflower seed cook ry in zambia

   
professional turnkey plant sunflower seed cook ry in zambia
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • professional turnkey plant sunflower seed cook ry in zambia
How much does Naomi kamuwikeni sell a bag of sunflower?

Mrs Kamuwikeni can sell a 25-kg bag of sunflower for 150 Zambia Kwacha ($6.60 US). Or she can process that bag into 10 litres of cooking oil and sell it for 430 Kwacha ($19 US). It¡¯s seven o¡¯clock in the morning and Naomi Kamuwikeni is quickly walking to the oil expeller at Gondar market. She is carrying sunflowers to process into oil.

How do you plant sunflower seeds?

You can plant sunflower seeds directly into the soil. To plant in rows, space the seeds about 15 cm apart in a shallow trench between 2.5 and 5 cm deep. In sandy soil, 5cm deep is better. Cover and water until the seeds sprout in 7 to 10 days. When first true leaves appear (the second set of leaves); thin plants to about 60 cm apart.

Why did Mrs kamuwikeni stop selling sunflower grains?

She stopped selling sunflower grains two years ago because she wanted to make more money. To process sunflower into cooking oil, farmers use a grinding machine called an expeller. Because Mrs. Kamuwikeni does not have an expeller, she uses other people¡¯s expellers and pays a processing fee.

How much does a sunflower cake cost in Zambia?

Another benefit is that she can collect a by-product called sunflower cake and sell this to sunflower cake vendors at 1.20 Zambia Kwacha (about $0.05 US) per kilogram. Each 25-kilogram bag of sunflower gives Mrs. Kamuwikeni 10 kilograms of sunflower cake.