Current situation and the trend of oil palm production in Ghana

In Ghana ,the oil palm is the main economic crops, has large planting area. But the palm oil extraction rate is low, at pretent, still a demand for 35,000tons of palm oil that has not been met. What's more, the traditional palm oil manufacturing method can't meet the market demand of palm oil. But in the future, high technology palm oil making machine will be introduced to Ghana. Especially the small scale palm oil making machine. Most importantly, the Government interventions and plans to revive the oil palm industry in Ghana to meet both domestic and industrial demands as well as to compete on the global market have been addressed.

Palm oil production in Ghana

In Ghana, the oil palm has assumed increasing importance as a non-traditional export commodity. An estimated total land area of 305, 758 hectares is under oil palm cultivation in Ghana. Planting area islarge. It is estimated that 243,852tons of palm oil is being produced. But Ghana currently has an unmet demand of 35,000tons of palm oil. The estimated unmet demand in the ECOWAS sub-region is 850,000tons. In order to meet the large unmet demand in Ghana and the large markets in the West African region. The demand for palm oil machine is very large .So the prospects for the palm oil production in Ghana great.

Areas suitable for oil palm plantations in Ghana:

Western Region

Central Region

Ashanti Region

Volta Region

Brong Ahafo Region

Oil palm plantation in Ghana

Current situation of oil palm production in Ghana:

However, the traditional palm oil manufacturing method has can't meet the market demand of palm oil.

The features of traditional palm oil manufacturing method:

1,Low oil production rate, a lot of the oil is still left in the palm cake;

2, Machine simple, manual operation,Serious staff waste;

3, What's more, the locals burn the palm nuts as fuel instead of extracting the palm kernel oil;

Traditional palm oil making machine in Ghana

The trend of oil palm production in Ghana:

It is no doubt that, in the future, small scale palm oil making machine will be popular espeacially 1-5tph palm oil making machine.The new type palm oil making machine includes palm fruit reception machine, sterilizing machine, threshing machine, digesting machine, pressing machine, crude palm oil clarification machine, palm oil storage equipment , palm kernel recovery equitpment etc. The combination of these machines can effectively extract palm oil from palm fruit. [Recommend reading : New technology palm oil making machine ]

Features of new type palm oil making machine:

1, High oil production rate, the residual oil rate in the cake is low;

2, Automatic palm oil processing plant, greatly improving production efficiency.

3, Fewer workers to operate, save labor;

4, The final palm oil with high quality;

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