central zone sunflower oil processor association in burundi

   
central zone sunflower oil processor association in burundi
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • central zone sunflower oil processor association in burundi
How does a sunflower oil processor work?

Each oil processor participates in the association with 300 to 700 contracted farmers around and the processors lend high quality seeds and tractor tilling operation to the farmers in return of their priority procurement right for the harvested sunflower (table 1).

Does Tanzania have a potential in the sunflower oil sector?

Tanzania has great potential in the sunflower oil seeds sector, which can be scaled-up as one of its key sectors for industrial development.

Which country produces sunflower oil?

Tanzania is one country among others in the world producing sunflower oilseeds for raw materials in processing cholesterol-free edible cooking oil with a by-product used as livestock feeds. Currently sunflower oil makes about 13% of the world edible oil production.

How many bags of sunflower seeds does RLDC process a day?

The partner processes 40-50 bages of sunflower seeds per day, operating the plant 7-9 months per year, processing a total of 9,000-13,000 bags per year. While there are other smaller processors in the region, the RLDC business partner is the only one filtering and packing the oil into containers of 1, 5 and 20 liters.