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During its existence, the oil palm produce board transferred funds to the regional production and development company for the establishment of pioneer oil mills. [ 3 ] An adoption and implementation of a new constitution in 1954 created the Eastern Region Marketing Board which acquired most of the assets of the Nigeria Oil Palm Produce ...
The Nigeria component was renamed Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) by the Research Institute's Act 33 of 1964. [1] Same year, the institute mandate was expanded to include coconut, raphia, date palm and some skeletal works on coconut mostly to understand the coconut pest and diseases, coconut nutrition.
In the 19th century, Britain was interested primarily in opening markets for its manufactured goods in West Africa and expanding commerce in palm oil. Securing the oil and ivory trade required that Britain usurp the power of coastal chiefs in what became Nigeria. That was an unplanned consequence of the creation of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1804.
A Nucleus oil palm estate project was initiated by the Western Nigerian government under Adeyinka Adebayo as a way to boost the economy of small towns and rural areas. . These oil palm estates were developed beginning in 1969 and additional acreage were to be developed between the years 1975 and 1983, initially planned to include 6,000 hectares of planted oil palm fruits and 4,000 hectares ...
A child is checked for signs of malnutrition in Katsina State, Nigeria, March 2011 . In Nigeria, several subsequent governments have implemented different policies in an attempt to develop the rural areas and alleviate the poverty rate that has become a prominent decadence in such areas. However, very little success has been recorded so far.
The palm oil industry constitutes another sector of the Nigerian economy, providing food and raw materials for the food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and bio-energy industries. In Nigeria, the institute with information about oil palm is the Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research. The formal mandate of the institute is to conduct ...
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Palm oil was used locally for cooking, the kernels were a source for food, trees were tapped for palm wine, and the fronds were used for building material. It was a relatively simple adjustment for many Igbo families to transport the oil to rivers and streams that led to the Niger Delta for sale to European merchants.