Cote d’Ivoire introduction of small-scale palm oil processing

Small-Scale Palm Oil Processing in West and Central

  • Cote d’Ivoire introduction of small-scale palm oil processing
  • Cote d’Ivoire introduction of small-scale palm oil processing
  • Cote d’Ivoire introduction of small-scale palm oil processing
  • Cote d’Ivoire introduction of small-scale palm oil processing

Tree Commodities and Resilient Green

Complexities of sustainable palm oil production

QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF CRUDE PALM OIL FROM

QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF CRUDE PALM OIL FROM

  • How did the oil palm industry develop in Côte d'Ivoire?
  • In Côte d’Ivoire, the oil palm sector developed as the result of a sustained political will. Large-scale subsidized projects were set up in the context of oil palm cultivation plans of 1963 and 1985. Côte d’Ivoire thus acquired an agro-industrial palm oil production sector, making the country Africa’s leading exporter of palm oil.
  • How stable is the palm oil sector in Côte d'Ivoire?
  • In Côte d’Ivoire, the palm oil sector has very high economic, social and environmental stakes. The Palm Oil Inter-professional Association (AIPH), the sector’s linchpin: stability in the sector relies on the complementarity of industrial and village production.
  • Does Côte d'Ivoire export palm oil?
  • However, in the context of Côte d’Ivoire, and more generally of West Africa, the vast majority of palm oil production is not exported to Europe, but consumed locally, almost exclusively as food.
  • How did the Aboisso area diversify into oil palm cultivation?
  • In the Aboisso area, the vast majority of land used for diversification into oil palm cultivation was already available within the farm. It consisted of forest reserves or old plots of coffee and cocoa producing little or not at all. Diversification very rarely took place through the lease or purchase of new plots.

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