Oil palm in Nigeria

 

https://oilpalminafrica.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/oil-palm-in-nigeria/

 

West Africa used to be the centre of the palm oil industry. The export of palm kernels began in 1832 and by 1911 “British” West Africa alone exported 157,000 tonnes of which about 75 percent came from Nigeria.

How to Make a Basket From a Palm Tree

                  By Lauren Wise

http://www.ehow.com/how_5016808_make-basket-palm-tree.html

Instructions

1. Collect palm fronds in a pile. Then, using your scissors, cut out pieces of palm frond that are 1/2 inch wide and 18 inches long.

Reports Demystify Palm Oil myths, Expose Benefits

Posted By: JILL OKEKE
http://thenationonlineng.net/reports-demystify-palm-oil-myths-expose-benefits/ 

Palm oil is a rich source of antioxidants, especially Vitamin E. While the health benefits of Vitamin E are widely known, less widely known is the fact that Vitamin E is a complex of many constituents broken into two groups: tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma and delta) and tocotrienols (alpha, beta, gamma and delta). And while alpha tocopherol is the form most commonly marketed as Vitamin E, the full spectrum of both tocoperols and tocotrienols are required for optimal assimilation.

Did You Know You Could Have An Oil Palm Farm That Starts Yielding In 2 Years?

 
By SuccessDigest 
http://www.successdigestonline.com/blog/2015/04/did-you-know-you-could-have-an-oil-palm-farm-that-starts-yielding-in-2-years 

As the headline above rightly says, the cultivation of oil palm is amongst the several cash crops that were abandoned by our people in the 1970s when factories where springing up in the cities with the discovering of oil.

Ado-Ekiti Polytechnic Opens 200 Hectares of Oil-Palm to Boost Revenue

 

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/185332-ado-ekiti-polytechnic-opens-200-hectares-of-oil-palm-to-boost-revenue.html

Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday inaugurated a 200-hectare of an oil palm plantation.The Rector of the Polytechnic, Taiwo Akande, while inaugurating the project lauded those who initiated it....

CBN Set to Resuscitate Nigeria's Oil Palm Sector

by Taibat Adeleke
http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/cbn-set-to-resuscitate-nigerias-oil-palm-sector.114364/

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has pledged it’s determination to lead the revitalisation of the oil palm sector in Nigeria in order to provide jobs for Nigerians, the NATION reports.

Nigeria Ranks 26th IN PALM Oil PRODUCTION -ORTOM

 

       

http://www.fmti.gov.ng/departments/investment-promotion-development/156-nigeria-ranks-26th-in-palm-oil-production-ortom.html
By Bolaji O. Kazeem 

The Honourable Minister of State for Industry Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ortom has said  that Nigeria ranks 26^th in the world production of palm oil and hardly satisfies her domestic demand.