various capacity shea nut mill in ghana

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Who is the largest Shea Nut processor in Ghana?
  • Since 2006, GSFIL has grown to become the largest processor of shea nuts in Ghana, manufacturing shea oils and butter. With a processing capability of upwards of 25,000 tonnes a year, making it the biggest shea nut processor in Ghana.‌
  • What is the Shea value chain in Ghana?
  • In summary, the shea global value chain map in Ghana consists of several upstream actors, mainly women shea collectors, who process shea nuts into kernels and supply to aggregators. Aggregators mobilise huge volumes of raw shea kernels from rural Northern Ghana and transport the commodity to industrial processors and exporters in peri-urban Ghana.‌
  • Where are shea kernels processed in Ghana?
  • Shea kernels from the parkland and farms of rural Ghana are moved to processing centres in Tamale, Buipe, Techiman, and Tema, for value addition. From Techiman and Buipe, crude shea butter, shea grits and stearin are moved to Tema for exports. Tema is the final destination for in-country flow of shea products.‌
  • Is Shea a food security crop in Ghana?
  • In Ghana, the shea crop and its derivatives, shea kernels and shea butter, are regarded as a food security crop as contained in the Food and Agricultural Sector Development Programme (FASDEP-II) of MoFA , a non-traditional export commodity , and a high-value crop .‌
  • Are shea nuts a domestic and industrial crop derived from the shea tree?
  • 1.1. Background to the study Shea nuts is an important domestic and industrial crop derived from the shea tree. The shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is a parkland tree crop (a non-timber forest product) that is indigenous to Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) and grows across 5,000 Km-wide expanse of semi-arid savannah, south of the Sahara .‌
  • Are shea nut picking and kernel production a preserve of rural women?
  • Studies by Ref. ; Hatskevich (2012), [24, 61]; and Kent (2017) show that shea nut picking and kernel production is the preserve of rural women in Northern Ghana, and production is largely carried out manually.