Kingsley Ojeah pruning bunches with his MAH at his farm in Ubule-Uku in Delta State PIND has affected the lives of over 26, 000 palm fruits farmers with training on best practices like adoption of MAH On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, two women in their early 30s were on a moving motorcycle along Ubulu-Uku -…
In the 1960s, Nigeria was the leading producer of palm oil. Though the country still remains one of the largest producers, it now meets domestic demands through imports. The Niger Delta region accounts for roughly 57% of the palm oil produced in Nigeria. As Nigeria’s population continues to grow, there is an increase in…
When we forayed into the palm oil sector in 2012, we found palm oil farmers were losing about 50% of their available fresh fruit bunches (FFB) for processing due to shortage of and high cost of hiring climbers who face serious health and safety hazards from climbing the palm trees.
We were given an award at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) public presentation on the RSPO National Interpretation to Nigerian public and private sector stakeholders; an event organized by the Nigeria National Interpretation Working Group (NNIWG) at Protea Hotel in Benin City, Edo State, on April 24, 2018. This award was given in…
Our Palm Oil team has been hard at work these past few years, promoting the use of the Mechanical Adjustable Harvester and the Malaysian Knife. Technology has been a huge challenge to farmers across all agricultural sectors.
On September 19, 2017, Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) in partnership with the National Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) organized a forum for palm oil stakeholders to share the results of adopting improved harvesting technology, and link oil palm farmers, harvesters & processors to finance for adopting harvesting technologies. ‘Improving…
“While I could not climb tree to cut down the fresh fruit bunch, I made determination to use the MAH […]
PIND selected the Palm Oil Value Chain as one of the three major agricultural streams within its Economic Development programme in the Niger Delta over the next several years. A detailed assessment of the Palm Oil Value Chain was commissioned in 2011. It identified and recommended the Palm Oil Value Chain as an opportunity that…
PIND’s third value chain analysis examined the Palm Oil sector. Nigeria was the world’s leading producer and exporter in the 1960s, however, since then the country has fallen to being a net importer to meet growing domestic demand, especially for higher quality oils and fractions. The value chain study concluded that growing the size of…