Smallholders and Machines in the West African Palm Oil Industry,
The history of palm oil machinery has not been well documented, but see descriptions of machines and processing methods in Martin Kaniki, “Economical
Red gold: the rise and fall of West Africa palm oil empire
An explosive expansion of oil palm groves throughout western and central Africa in the wake of a dry period around 2,500 years ago enabled human migration and agricultural development; in...
Red gold: the rise and fall of West Africa’s palm oil empire
Early 19Th-Century BoomThe Rise in Oil Palm BrokersColonial TakeoverPalm oil has been known in Europe since the 15th century. It was Liverpool and Bristol slave traders who, in the early 19th century, began larger-scale imports. They were familiar with its multiple uses in West Africa and had already been buying it regularly as food for slaves being shipped to the Americas. With the abouwpress.org
Weiskopf on Robins, 'Oil Palm: A Global History' | H-Africa
Here we verge into familiar African colonial histories, as colonial officials sought to 渕odernize?African oil palm farmers?methods and concessionary companies attempted to create profitable plantations. While overall production and palm oil quality both increased in this period, colonial goals were rarely met, again for familiar reasons.
Smallholders and Machines in the West African Palm Oil Industry,
European industrialists were already experimenting with oil palm plantations in Africa and Southeast Asia, raising concerns about the future of West Africa’s huge smallholder
"Smallholders and machines in the West African palm oil
Machines were too expensive and insufficiently productive, given prevailing prices for palm oil. Frustrated colonial governments tried to bridge the gap between larger mills and smallholder machines in the 1920s and 1930s, but with no success.
Palm Oil Filling Machine: The Selection Guide VKPAK
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Smallholders and Machines in the West African Palm Oil
Esuman-Gwira machine was an indigenous response to the challenges of palm oil production. Its failure illustrates the ways in which African production systems efficiently made use of oil palm trees and labor without machinery.
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Smallholders and Machines in the West African Palm Oil
Palm oil is an important agro-based industry which contributes to economic growth not only for South East Asian countries but also some Sub Saharan African countries (Robins, 2018) and Papua New
