SUNFLOWER PRODUCTION

The Sunflower Sector in Tanzania – A Great Potential for Industrial Competitiveness, Tanzania is one country among others in the world producing sunflower oilseeds for raw materials in processing cholesterol-free edible cooking oil with a by-product used as livestock feeds. Currently sunflower oil makes about 13% of the world edible oil production. Sunflower was introduced in Tanzania during colonial times and it was found to grow in almost all parts of the country.

In Dodoma, for example, about 50% of farmers are engaged in oilseeds production. With a population of about 43.7 million people, Tanzania’s minimum national demand for edible oil is expected to be about 219,000 tons per year, but the actual national demand is probably much higher, although there are no reliable figures available. Demand for vegetable oil is at least growing with the rate of population growth.

The DEKO Enterprises Cashew Plantation has set aside about 200 acres for the sunflower cultivation. From the sunflower cultivation, DEKO enterprises then gives you super products from it more famous product is sunflower oil in liter packages as one, five and twenty it gives wide range for people of different status to purchase and according to their demands with affordable prices, further more you can also purchase residue after seed has been pressed into oil common know as sunflower oil cake with affordable price. You can also get yourself seed sucks with the number of Kilos you need.