establish cottonseed oil pressing plant in ethiopia

   
establish cottonseed oil pressing plant in ethiopia
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • establish cottonseed oil pressing plant in ethiopia
  • What oilseeds are used in Ethiopia?
  • Nine oilseeds namely noug, gomenzer, linseed, soybean, sunflower, castor, sesame, ground nut and cotton are important in Ethiopia for edible oil consumption. During the last 60years, 156 varieties with their production practices were registered. Sesame contributes significantly to the foreign currency earnings next to coffee.
  • What is the difference between cotton oil and cottonseed oil?
  • Cotton (Gossypium sp.) is a commercially important annual fiber crop; cottonseed oil (CSO) is an important product extracted from one of the byproducts of cottonseeds. Oil yield varies with cotton species, places, and season when cotton grown and extraction methods used for oil extraction.
  • Why is cotton cultivated in Addis Abeba?
  • Although cotton is cultivated mainly for its fiber the seed remaining after ginning contributes significant amount of edible oil for the nation. Cotton seed is a major raw material for oilseed mills in Addis Abeba (Addis Mojo), Adama and Gonder. These oilseed mills use mechanical extraction followed by refining processes.
  • Why is cotton important in Ethiopia?
  • In Ethiopia, cotton is an important and major cash crop. earning a lot of foreign exchange. It provides food, feed and f uel apart from fi ber. It s ustains a lot of people for livelihood. It provides raw m aterials to agricultu ral economy (Magdo ff and Tokar 2 010).
  • What is cottonseed oil (CSO)?
  • The worldwide cottonseed production in 2019¨C2020 was 43 million metric ton (Kumar et al. 2022). Cottonseed oil (CSO) is the by-product of cotton manufacturer; extracted from the decorticated and delinted cottonseed for their used as edible oil and industrial applications (Orhevba and Efomah 2012; Shah 2017).
  • How to extract oil from cottonseed meal?
  • They concluded that 77% of extraction (A-EE) process. In this process, cottonseed meal boiling and 95% aqueous ethanol solution water. The results producing chilled free oil, emulsified oil, and glutinous gum. oil and gum, was separated by phase separation. The soda to produce semi-refined oil containing 4% of volatiles.