sunflower seed oil production line from gongyi plant in ivory coast

   
sunflower seed oil production line from gongyi plant in ivory coast
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • sunflower seed oil production line from gongyi plant in ivory coast
  • Where is sunflower produced?
  • Sunflower is produced at large scale in a limited number of countries, and two thirds of the production are concentrated in Europe, including Ukraine and Russia and the Trakya region of Turkey. The other major producing countries are Argentina, China, United States, and the South-Eastern part of Africa (South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia).
  • How did sunflower maintain its competitiveness on Oilseeds markets?
  • Sunflower succeeded in maintaining its competitiveness on oilseeds markets in the previous decades, through continuous innovation in genetics, production and markets and a growing segmentation.
  • Which countries import sunflower oil?
  • 75% of sunflower oil imports are bought by 8countries (see Tab. 2 ). EU, CIS (mainly Ukraine and Russia) and Turkey are also exporters. The European Union is net importer of approx. 0.9MnT /year; CIS is net exporter of 7.7MnT.
  • Where are oleic sunflowers grown?
  • For almost 20years, France has been a pioneer regarding oleic sunflower, more than 60% of its production being converted to oleic varieties since 2010, reaching 76% in 2019. The production of oleic sunflower grew quickly in Ukraine and Russia, reaching 420Kha in 2018 ( Tonin, 2018) and will probably quickly overpass the acreage in Western Europe.
  • What opportunities are open for sunflowers in the future?
  • Many opportunities could be open in future for sunflower, leading to an increased valorisation of the whole plant through a biorefinery approach and a diversification of uses of oil (for food, food industry, biofuels, biomaterials), proteins (for feed, including aquaculture, food, potentially biomaterials), and even cellulosic fraction.
  • What is the share of oilseeds in the world?
  • On the period 1975¨C2019, the global oilseeds production doubled every 20years, and sunflower maintained a relatively constant share in the global oilseeds production, between 7 and 10% of the total, presently 9%. But in the same time, soybean share progressed from 48 to 62% of the total, and rapeseed from 6 to 12%.