To extract oil, the flesh is dried until it is completely brittle. Farmers usually sell copra to processing plants, where it is processed into coconut oil.

The CEO said a budget of more than GHC120,000 had been made to procure three sets of machines to start the processing of palm fruits, copra, and palm kennel into oil in large quantities.

A fall in production and supply constraints are pushing coconut oil and copra prices to record levels, forcing millers of many small-scale units in Kerala to shut down for want of sufficient raw ...