• Can palm oil production improve Nigeria’s economy?
  • The study has shown that improving the local capacity of palm oil production in the Niger Delta would not only impact positively on food security and local economy but also portend huge prospects for future exports that will advance Nigeria?s economy.
  • What is a typical palm oil mill?
  • Figure 1 shows the block flow diagram of a typical palm oil mill for the production of crude palm oil. The major unit operations include sterilisation, stripping, digestion and pressing, clarification, drying and storage.
  • Are palm oil mills in Akwa-Ibom still working?
  • Baseline survey of processing mills in Akwa-Ibom state reveals that the defunct Eastern Nigerian Government and the Nigerian Palm Produce Board established palm oil mills most of which have been abandoned and vandalized. Less than 10% of the mills established in the past are still functioning.