The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), with the National Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), helped train 5 local engineers from the pilot farming cluster in Imo State in creating the locally-invented Small-Scale Processing Equipment (SSPE) with an extraction rate of up to 15%.

With this technology, palm oil farmers and processors can better maximize their produce and increase their income. The 15% extraction rate is a significant improvement on the basic processing equipment which has an extraction rate of 11%. by up to 13,500 Naira for each person directly involved in the industry.

http://pindfoundation.org/project/palm-oil-value-chain-project/