Oil palm is a perennial crop which grows in abundance in tropical
areas; it bears a fruit known as palm fruit which is the fleshy
parts of the fruits covering the kernel.
It has numerous benefits as almost all the parts can be used in
various applications, but its cultivation takes quite a lot of
hard-work, dedication, and resources.
After planting the oil palm, it takes about **4 years before it
grows to maturity, which literally means that you have to wait for
that long without gaining anything in reward irrespective of your
time and resources which range from clearing of farmland, paying
labourers, buying of fertilizers, seedlings and more but it's very
rewarding at the end.
To grow oil palm in Nigeria and in any other tropical areas of
Africa and the world, it is necessary to have a basic knowledge of
what you are going into as that will effectively help in making the
plant grow well and produce fruits as much as possible and at the
right time without delay.
