Palm Oil Processing And Marketing: Problems And Prospects. (A Case Of Small Holder Oil Palm Processors In Ukwa East Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria).

ABSTRACT

Sequel to the findings, the following recommendations and others was made. Oil palm processors in the study area should form co-operative societies, government should make sure that inputs and finance reach the legitimate processors when they need them and at an affordable prices too. Government should build good roads to lessen distributions and transportation CXCflSCS and finally, processors in rural areas should be informed and educated about any new development in the oil palm industry. XI in America. Of all oil-bearing plants, it is the highest yielding. In Africa, palm oil remained a domestic plant, supplying the needs for oil and vitamin A in the diet and it was not until the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries that it entered world, trade. (Ataga et al, 1993).