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Publication No. 47 Malawi Agroforestry Extension Project Marketing & Enterprise Program Main Report J.H. Pratt, E.M.T. Henry, H.F. Mbeza, E. Mlaka and L.B. Satali July 2002 "This publication was funded by the United States Agency for International Development and produced by Washington State University. The opinions expressed are the views of the authors and not necessarily those of USAID." I Companion documents: 1. MAFE Dossier on Mechanical Oil Extraction Systems - November 2001 H.F. Mbeza, M. Chawala & K. Nyirenda University of Malawi Bunda College of Agriculture (BCA) Agricultural Engineering Department Reports: ??Design Modifications to Sundhara Sayari Oil Expeller for Moringa Oleifera and other Agroforestry Tree Seeds ??Oil Extraction ….. using Tinytech Expeller ??Optimization of Oil Extraction from Moringa Oleifera, Trichilia Emetica and Jatropha curcas using Ram and Spindle Presses. 2. Qualitative/Quantitative Assessment of Potential of Plant Oils (MAFE) - July 2001. R.P. Banda. Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS). 3. Chemical Analysis and Recommended Uses of Tree Seed Oils - July 2002. E.M.T. Henry, PhD. University of Malawi Chancellor College Chemistry Department (CCCD). 4. Summary report for MAFE: Major Secondary Metobolites in Plant Tissues from Malawi, Nicaragua and Senegal - July 2002. R. Bennett, Ph D. Institute of Food Research (IFR), Norwich, UK. 5. Tree Seed Production Areas in Malawi II: The Lower Shire - June 2001. S.F.D. Chomanika, M. Likoswe & C.Z. Chilima, PhD. Forestry Research Institute of Malawi Seed and Tree Improvement Strategy Area. II a Malawi Government, USAID, Washington State University Collaborative Project III Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................................................ XI CORRESPONDENTS/ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS..................................................................XVI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................XIX 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................... 1 PART I: POLICY, STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS................................................................................. 3 2 POLICY AND DONOR ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................. 3 2.1 Government of Malawi Policy and Strategies........................................................................................ 3 2.2 Government of Malawi Specific Objective and Proposed Partners......................................................... 3 2.3 Sector Regulation ................................................................................................................................. 4 2.3.1 Regulations in force affecting plant collection ............................................................................... 4 2.3.2 Regulations in force affecting marketing of products: quality standards ......................................... 4 2.3.3 Phytosanitary controls applied to imports and exports.................................................................... 4 2.3.4 Germplasm intellectual property and taxonomic research .............................................................. 4 2.4 USAID ................................................................................................................................................. 5 3 THE PROJECT ........................................................................................................................................ 6 4 PROGRAM DEFINITION ....................................................................................................................... 7 4.1 Scope of Work, Personnel and Timetable.............................................................................................. 7 4.2 Aims of the Program............................................................................................................................. 7 5 INFORMATION CAPTURE.................................................................................................................... 8 5.1 General Search ..................................................................................................................................... 8 5.2 USAID/USDA Collaboration................................................................................................................ 8 6 STRATEGY FOR MARKET INVESTIGATIONS................................................................................... 9 6.1 Approach.............................................................................................................................................. 9 6.2 Product/Strategic Species Selection Criteria.........................................................................................10 6.2.1 Initial Selection Criteria ...............................................................................................................10 6.2.2 Final Selection Criteria.................................................................................................................10 7 ORGANIZATION AND OPERATING METHODS ...............................................................................11 7.1 Partners in Malawi...............................................................................................................................11 7.2 Potential Role of Other Identified Organizations ..................................................................................14 7.3 Equipment maintenance frustrations ....................................................................................................14 7.4 Partners abroad....................................................................................................................................14 7.4.1 Laboratories involved...................................................................................................................14 7.4.2 Deferred research .........................................................................................................................15 7.5 Overall Costs of Partners Covered by MAFE ......................................................................................15 7.6 Human Resources Development and Institutional Memory ..................................................................15 7.6.1 Partners........................................................................................................................................15 7.6.2 Clients .........................................................................................................................................16 PART II: PRODUCTS AND POTENTIAL MARKETS..................................................................................19 8 Product Knowledge .................................................................................................................................19 8.1 Knowledge within the sector................................................................................................................19 8.1.1 Producers.....................................................................................................................................19 8.1.2 Processors....................................................................................................................................19 8.2 Product characterization.......................................................................................................................21 IV 8.2.1 Products in international trade ......................................................................................................21 8.2.2 Novel Products.............................................................................................................................21 8.2.3 Hazardous materials.....................................................................................................................21 8.3 Pharmacological and health-associated products ..................................................................................23 9 PRODUCTS/STRATEGIC SPECIES IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING ......................................24 9.1 Preference for agroforestry species ......................................................................................................24 9.2 Indigenous fruit species covered by SADC-ICRAF..............................................................................24 9.3 Strategic species ..................................................................................................................................24 9.4 Opportunities Identified .......................................................................................................................27 9.5 The special case of Tephrosia (Tephrosia vogelii)................................................................................28 9.6 Common threads of opportunity: oleiferous species .............................................................................30 9.7 Special nutritional/pharmacological/industrial factors to seek in tree oils..............................................30 9.8 Commercial Benchmarks: Industrial/mineral oils and cooking oils.......................................................32 9.9 Oils characterization and potential applications....................................................................................33