Nigeria produces between 1.2 million and 1.5 million tonnes of palm oil annually, falling short of its 2.4 million tonnes domestic demand. The country now imports palm oil, mainly from Malaysia, to meet local consumption needs. In 1965, Nigeria controlled 43 percent of the global palm oil market when total demand was about 1.5 million tonnes. Today, with global demand at 14 million tonnes, Nigeria accounts for only seven percent. Alphons游戏副本
Nigeria once dominated the global palm oil market, yet now imports millions of tonnes annually to feed its own people. We were kings of an industry now feeding foreign economies instead of our own. What happened to the farmlands, the workers, the pride that turned abundance into dependency?
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