AS highlighted by the 2020 Zambia Development Agency food processing sector investment profile, Zambia is faced with an increasing edible oil deficit which is serviced by imports of edible oils that are worth more than $200 Million per annum.Edible oils are sourced mainly from vegetable products and in Zambia, the major oilseed used in the production of edible oils is soybeans which accounts for 60% of local production, cotton seed oil extraction accounts for 19% while sunflower oil accounts for 15%. The remaining 6% is sourced from minor oilseeds such as ground nuts.While the country demands a total consumption of edible oils estimated at 120,493 tons per year, the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) estimates that in 2019 the total domestic production of edible oils stood at 40, 096 tons for the year annum recording a deficit of 80, 397 tons. Thus, the deficit is met by imports of the refined edible oil from […]
UPSCALING LOCAL CONTENT IN THE EDIBLE OILS SECTOR
