• How are smallholders transforming oil palm production in Sierra Leone?
  • By incorporating smallholders into their supply chain, firms in Sierra Leone have identified a competitive opportunity to support local agriculture and contribute to rural livelihoods. Find out how Jolaks, a palm oil refinery and processing plant in Wellington, Sierra Leone, is transforming oil palm production.
  • How to maximize rapeseed oil yield?
  • In the present study, the optimization aimed to maximize rapeseed oil yield by selecting the suitable screw pressing conditions, i.e., the best nozzle diameter, press head temperature, and screw frequency in the applied experimental domain, by employing the desirability function method.
  • Where is palm oil produced in Sierra Leone?
  • Palm oil is produced almost everywhere in Sierra Leone, but most of the production occurs in high rainfall regions, in the southern and eastern parts of the country. It is mostly produced at an artisanal scale. There are currently three main industrial palm oil producers (Figure 2).
  • What products are produced in Sierra Leone?
  • onsumer goods including shampoo and cosmetics. In Sierra Leone, Palm oil is a traditional crop produced in almost all parts of the country, but most of the production occurs in high rainfall regions, i
  • Can a palm oil plantation be replicated in Sierra Leone?
  • osition in Sierra Leone. The proviso for replication is that this model requires a deep experience in palm oil and a very large patient investment, as break-even for a new plantation of this type is at least seven years. Nevertheless, the opportunity is there to atract another
  • How much palm oil is exported by Sierra Leone?
  • he sum of reporting and non-reporting countriesThe value per ton of palm oil (HS 1511) exported by Sierra Leone (unit value) has been on average around USD 884 per ton (set aside for the unit values during 2016, equal to an unprecedented USD 87,7782 per ton, which appear to be an anomaly in