In the first phase, the company will invest in a vegetable oil complex with a processing capacity of 1,100 tonnes per day.
The center will focus on trait integration, yield-trial seed processing, seed quality analysis, and advanced research into root biology, climate resilience, and crop efficiency.
The USDA’s FASUSDA’s-FAS projects total EU oilseed production at 32.25 million tonnes, down 1% from the previous year, despite planted area rising by almost 7%.
The facility can process 70,000 tonnes of raw materials a year, turning shea into butter and soybeans into oil and oilseed cake.
Rapeseed and sunflower oil exports are expected to increase 8% and 15%, respectively.