salem area sunflower oil mills contact numbers in malawi

   
salem area sunflower oil mills contact numbers in malawi
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • salem area sunflower oil mills contact numbers 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.
  • Can Malawi develop a domestic sunflower value chain?
  • This policy briefing seeks to explore the potential for developing a domestic sunflower value chain (VC) in Malawi. It examines the different but interconnected roles that various stages of the VC play in driving the sunflower industry as a whole in Malawi, highlighting current bottlenecks and positive developments.
  • How much sunflower does Malawi produce a year?
  • Despite the increased demand of sunflower at local and international markets, the national production levels are still less inspiring. Available statistics show that the Malawi¡¯s processor annual demand for sunflower seed hovers around 30-40,000 metric tonnes (mT). But the country only manages to produce an average of 11,000 mT per year.
  • Does Malawi need a sunflower VC?
  • It ends with recommendations to improve sunflower¡¯s contribution to agriculture and industrial development in Malawi, emphasising the need for existing stakeholders in Malawi¡¯s domestic sunflower VC to collaborate in creating awareness of and providing information on sunflower production techniques and processing uses.