With Competitive Groundnutoil Production Line in Uganda
- Use: Groundnut Oil
- Type:Groundnut Oil Production Line
- Production Capacity: 1000t/D
- Power consumption: 15kw/h
- Dimension(L*W*H): 1730*1205*1050cm
- Weight: 27.3kg
- Color: Sliver or customized
- Market: Uganda
A Groundnut Value Chain and Market Systems Analysis in Uganda
market in Kenya. While Uganda has increasingly relied on imports from Tanzania, 75% of its groundnut exports are directed towards the Kenyan market. Target markets for shelled groundnuts are the East African Community (EAC) countries, with potential markets for Ugandan groundnut oil in African nations like Ethiopia, Togo, and Mauritania.
.) in Uganda. The groundnut joins other major crops grown for edible oil production in Uganda, such as sunflower, sesame, and soybeans. Groundnuts are important in terms of being an essential source of livestock feed and a component in rural and urban diets.They are consumed in various forms—in pods, roasted, or boiled.
GROUND NUTS (PEANUTS) PRODUCTION – National Agricultural
GROUND NUTS (PEANUTS) PRODUCTION. Groundnut, also known as peanut, is the second most important legume after beans in Uganda. It is also the sixth most important oilseed crop in the world. It is predominantly cultivated by smallholder farmers on average of 0.5-1 acres of land for food security. However, it is slowly becoming a commercial crop.
Groundnut is one of the staple crops in the Uganda rich in protein, oil and essential minerals. The crop is . increasingly becoming a cash crop and both production area and productivity are increasing. This is evident by the significant expansion of the industry in Uganda and with spillovers in the neighbouring countries. The
Groundnut Producion guide for Uganda
Ro w spacing can be reduced from 45 cm to 30 cm, if desired, and this will allow earlier ground cover and help. prev ent serious weed problems. Generally, 150,000 plants/ha are recommended for dr
In 2005, Uganda produced 140,000. metric tons of groundnuts from 250,000 ha with most of. the crop being grown i n t he eastern and northern p art of. the country (Kaaya and Warren, 2005). G
Value chain analysis and mapping for groundnuts in Uganda
Groundnut is grown on about 23.95 million ha worldwide with the total production of 36.45 million tons and an average yield of 1520 kg/ha in 2009 Developing countries in Asia, Africa and South America account for about 97% of world groundnut area and 95% of total production.
Groundnut oil production reached 5,200 tonnes in 2014 in Uganda, according to Faostat. This is 8.77% less than in the previous year. Historically, groundnut oil production in Uganda reached an all time high of 8,946 tonnes in 1971 and an all time low of 1,700 tonnes in 2004.
Overview of groundnuts research in Uganda: Past, present
decline in production of 8.8% per annum for the 1970, 1980 period. The political instability in the Luwero Triangle in Central Uganda (1980, 1985) led to the des-truction of the Seed Scheme headquarters at Kawanda Research Station (10 km North of Kampala City in Central Uganda) with the eventual abandonment of the station in 1985.
by resource poor farmers all over Uganda, for food and as a source of income. It is also a major oil seed crop containing 46-52% oil, and is second to beans as the most important legume in Uganda (NAADS, 2000). However , most groundnut varieties grown in Central Uganda are mainly traditional cultivars, with poor agronomic
