WP1: Local industrial production

Overall objective

The aim is to develop and ameliorate local research based industrial oil production and marketing. Value addition and new oil production will be established by two existing private companies, IFSC (Ouagadougou) and PHYTOFLA (Banfora). Value addition refers to the process of improving the quality of already existing products to an international standard, which will allow entrance into international export markets.

Specific objectives

1.1 To improve the quality of existing local oil production facilities
1.2 To establish new local oil production plantations and facilities

QualiTree

works to improve sustainable use of local tree species for fair-trade production of oils for food and cosmetics in Mali and Burkina Faso through a collaboration between researchers, private industries and local communities.

Financed by Danida.