both cold and hot oil press sunflower and te seeds in malawi

   
both cold and hot oil press sunflower and te seeds in malawi
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • both cold and hot oil press sunflower and te seeds in malawi
  • Why is sunflower so popular in Malawi?
  • More than two decades ago, Sunflower ¨C a crop with large golden flowers grown for its edible seeds which yield oil ¨C was in high demand. The Sunflower sector in Malawi was booming. For Phiri, as a smallholder farmer he was within reach of making a fortune. He had produced a lot of sunflower from his farm in Chitipi, Lilongwe.
  • How much cooking oil is produced in Malawi?
  • According to the factory¡¯s production manager Regina Nothale, three kilograms of sunflower produces one litter of cooking oil. Currently, one litre of cooking oil in Malawi is sold at an average of K3 000, equivalent to three US dollars.
  • How much sunflower seed is produced in Malawi in 2022?
  • Sunflower seed production reached 29.0 kt in 2022 in Malawi, according to Faostat. This is 35.8% more than in the previous year. Historically, sunflower seed production in Malawi reached an all time high of 29.0 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 0.200 kt in 1961.
  • Can small farmers produce oilseeds in Malawi?
  • This analysis suggests that efforts to increase small farmers¡¯ production of oilseeds in Malawi should focus on farmers with larger landholdings in the Mid-altitude plateau zone. Land availability appears to be an important consideration in both farmers¡¯ decisions to produce oilseeds and how much of this to sell.