A cloud of steam gathered above their heads as Christiana Akpan and Ekaete Okon fetched oil palm fruits from a drum and poured them into a grinding machine. It was a bright Friday morning in March, and the two women were processing palm fruits at a mill in Utu Ikot Ekpo, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
Their tedious tasks demonstrated how local farmers in Akwa Ibom rural communities produce palm oil, a commodity used in homes and industries worldwide.
But the…
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