By SANFROSSA MANYINDAZAMPALM has expressed confidence that the expansion of the plantation will boost the country’s foreign exchange.ZAMPALM General Manager David Subakanya said the firm has been achieving monthly production of over 120 metric tonnes of crude Palm oil during peak period of the year.The plantation is in Kanchibiya, Muchinga Province.Mr Subakanya was confident that the company would be able to meet the rise in demand from the local market with such production.He said the company had also seen a rise in demand for crude palm oil.ZAMPALM is a subsidiary of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and has expanded its crude palm oil production to meet the local demand and has increased the out grower scheme to 1, 000 beneficiaries. “This means that we are making inroads into our Zambian market and us to quickly expand our project to meet this demand.“So far the area planted by outgrowers in Kanchibiya has doubled to 700 hectares over […]
Zambia’s palm oil output boosted
