KENYA – The Government of Kenya is exploring alternative ways of using macadamia in a move to boost farmer earnings…
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Category: Fats, Oils, Oilseeds & Nuts
Private investor inject US$4.8m into construction of new coconut processing plant in Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE – A private investment firm in Mozambique has broken ground on a US$4.8 million coconut processing plant in Zambézia…
Read MoreKenya inaugurates 70-tonne avocado oil extraction factory in Kisii
KENYA- Kenya has launched a Kes355 million (US$2.62 million) avocado oil extraction factory in Kisii county, with a processing capacity…
Read MorePepsiCo, FrieslandCampina ask their supplier to stop buying palm oil from Astra Agro Lestari
INDONESIA – American soda and food giant PepsiCo and Dutch dairy producer FrieslandCampina have asked their suppliers to stop buying…
Read MoreEni pilots oil seeds cultivation for bio-fuel production in Rwanda
RWANDA – Eni, the Italian energy company, has signed an agreement with the Government of Rwanda through the National Industrial…
Read MoreGulf Capital exits from Tunisian olive oil producer CHO Company after years of gainful partnership
TUNISIA – Tunisia’s fully-integrated producer and global exporter of olive oil, CHO Company, has bid farewell to one of its…
Read MoreOil company Eni commences export of vegetable oil for biorefining from Kenya
KENYA – Eni, an Italian multinational oil and gas company, through its Kenyan unit has exported its first batch of…
Read MoreKEBS suspends sale of 10 edible fats, cooking oil brands in Kenya over non-compliance
KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended the sale of ten brands of edible oil and fats…
Read MoreBunge sells Russian oilseed processing business
RUSSIA— Agri commodity trader, Bunge has agreed to sell its oilseed processing business in Russia to Karen Vanetsyan, the controlling…
Read MoreEU-27 oilseeds crops expected to recover against declining cereal production
EUROPE— The experts of the Copa-Cogeca working group met in Brussels this week and confirmed that EU-27 total oilseed crop…
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