Constraints to palm oil processing among farm families in selected farm settlements of  Osun State

O. J Adelakun; K. O. Soyebo; B. O. Lawal

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O. J Adelakun South West Farming Systems Research and Extension Programme, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
K. O. Soyebo Department of Family, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
B. O. Lawal South West Farming Systems Research and Extension Programme, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

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Palm oil processing, Farm settlements, Extension service, farm families

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The study investigated constraints to palm oil processing among farm families in selected farm settlements of Osun
State. Data were obtained from 150 respondents using interview schedule but only 130 were suitable for analysis.
The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Majority of the respondents were females (75.4%), married (83.1%) and engaged in part time farming activities (70.0%). More than half (58.5%) had between 11 and 20 years of farming experience while 62.0% earned between N101, 000 and N200, 000 per /season. All the farmers were involved in oil palm cultivation. Most of the farmers (100%) sourced labour and processing materials from open market, Agricultural Development Programme. Majority of the processors (96.2%) adopted manual operated milling machine as method of palm oil processing.The study recommends the need for adequate extension service to farmers and creation of enabling environment for easy access to credit to procure necessary processing equipment.

Constraints to palm oil processing among farm families in selected farm settlements of Osun State

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