Uganda review of the sunflower seed oil sector

UGANDA International Trade Centre

  • Uganda review of the sunflower seed oil sector
  • Uganda review of the sunflower seed oil sector
  • Uganda review of the sunflower seed oil sector
  • Uganda review of the sunflower seed oil sector

Sunflower in the global vegetable oil system: situation, specificities

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY SUNFLOWER FARMERS IN NORTHERN UGANDA

ACHIEVEMENTS AND BOTTLENECKS IN DEVELOPING

Upscaling bulking arrangements in the Ugandan oilseed

  • Is sunflower a protein feed source?
  • Abstract Sunflower is the third oilseed produced in the world, the fourth vegetable oil and third oilseed meal among protein feed sources. In the past decades, the competition has been tough on the very dynamic vegetable oils and oilseed meals markets, respectively driven by palm oil and soybean meal.
  • How did sunflower maintain its competitiveness on Oilseeds markets?
  • Sunflower succeeded in maintaining its competitiveness on oilseeds markets in the previous decades, through continuous innovation in genetics, production and markets and a growing segmentation.
  • What is the share of oilseeds in the world?
  • On the period 1975–2019, the global oilseeds production doubled every 20 years, and sunflower maintained a relatively constant share in the global oilseeds production, between 7 and 10% of the total, presently 9%. But in the same time, soybean share progressed from 48 to 62% of the total, and rapeseed from 6 to 12%.
  • Is Sun Ower a vegetable oil?
  • Its seed contains around 44% oil and 16% proteins and sun ower is both an oil and protein species. It competes on fl both vegetable oils market, led by palm oil, and vegetable protein rich products (containing more than 15% proteins) market, driven by soybean. oilseeds production, preceded by Soybean (60%) and rapeseed (12%) (Figs. 2 and 3).

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