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.
What type of oil is produced in Tanzania?
Oil seed production in Tanzania mainly focuses on ground nuts (40%), sunflower (36%), sesame (15%), cotton (8%) and palm oil (1%). More than half of vegetable oil consumed in Tabora and Tanzania as a whole is imported due to insufficient domestic production. The population of western Tanzania is approximtely 5.8 million in 2012.
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.
Why should Tanzania invest in a sunflower industry?
With growth, Tanzania’s sunflower industry has the potential to allow the country to compete in international markets, create jobs, and transform the economy. Its transformation would be a shining beacon for the government’s industrialization drive that sets out to improve the economy and the lives of its people in sustainable, systemic ways.
How much sunflower oil is produced a year?
While the production of sunflower oil seeds varying between 75,000 to 100,000 tons from year 2001 to 2005, it increased in the last two seasons dramatically to more than 350,000 tons since 2006 (Figure 1).
Is sunflower oil high in saturated fat & polyunsaturated fat?
Sunflower oil is low in saturated fat and high in polyunsaturated fat. Oil seed production in Tanzania mainly focuses on ground nuts (40%), sunflower (36%), sesame (15%), cotton (8%) and palm oil (1%). More than half of vegetable oil consumed in Tabora and Tanzania as a whole is imported due to insufficient domestic production.