new design shea nut sesame oil production line in Ghana

An assessment of the structure of shea global value chain in Ghana

  • new design shea nut sesame oil production line in Ghana
  • new design shea nut sesame oil production line in Ghana
  • new design shea nut sesame oil production line in Ghana
  • new design shea nut sesame oil production line in Ghana

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THE ‘HUNT’ FOR SHEA NUTS: EMPOWERING WOMEN

  • How does the Shea industry work in Ghana?
  • The shea industry generates employment and income for about a million rural women in northern Ghana involved in picking nuts and marketing processed shea kernel and shea butter. Major shea activities involve picking or gathering fruits and nuts, processing nuts into butter, and distributing and marketing shea commodities.
  • Who is the largest Shea Nut processor in Ghana?
  • Since 2006, GSFIL has grown to become the largest processor of shea nuts in Ghana, manufacturing shea oils and butter. With a processing capability of upwards of 25,000 tonnes a year, making it the biggest shea nut processor in Ghana.
  • How are shea nuts processed in Ghana?
  • In the processing of the shea nuts, rural women from the north of Ghana, roast their shea nuts using open fire sources (i.e., unenclosed boundary). This practice comes with critical safety issues such as burns on the skin and uncontrolled heating rate which can bring about charring of the nuts prior to oil extraction.
  • What is the Shea value chain in Ghana?
  • In summary, the shea global value chain map in Ghana consists of several upstream actors, mainly women shea collectors, who process shea nuts into kernels and supply to aggregators. Aggregators mobilise huge volumes of raw shea kernels from rural Northern Ghana and transport the commodity to industrial processors and exporters in peri-urban Ghana.

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