Location (States):
Abia, Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Edo, Cross River,
Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Benue, Kogi, Kwara,
Taraba, Benue, Nassarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ekiti,
Niger, Plateau, Kaduna

Annual Production (MetricTonnes):
1999 = 825,000
2000 = 860,000

Industrial uses:
Used mainly in food and soap making industries.

Process Technology/Equipment:   
Sterilization of fresh fruits, stripping of fruits from the bunch, cooking, digesting, clarifying of oil and drying.

Equipment
Tanks, boilers, oil expellers, clarifier etc.

Status/Prospects:
This industry had contributed significantly to the farmers income and the nations export earnings in the past. Apart from the oil extracted, a number of small scale  industries are  feasible. Other feasible by-products of oil palm are:
- oil palm sludge
- palm wine
 - palm sap
-  palm kernel cake.  
The present holdings comprised mainly of 2.16 million hectares of palm in wild groves, 111,069 hectares under small holders and an aggregate of about 81,119 hectares under estates would need to be revived/rehabilitated to enable the country fill the short fall in supply of palm oil and kernel production.

R&D Activities:         

The National Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) has the national mandate to improve production and utilization of Oil palm in the Country.