The study considers the economics of the oil palm (Elaeis guinensis) to rural farmers in a rural community in south-eastern Nigeria. It compares the economic benefits of all products of the oil palm industry – palm oil, palm kernel, timber, palm wine and brooms. It posits that the most important product of the oil palm to the Enugu Ezike farmer is oil palm wine. This contrasts with the view that holds palm oil and palm kernel as the chief products of the oil palm. In a study conducted in Enugu Ezike, findings reveal that annual revenue from palm wine surpasses the six-yearly income from palm oil, palm kernel and brooms together. The study employs an eclectic framework of data collection, involving oral interviews, focus group discussions, participant observation, and the use of secondary sources. The oil palm is by every standard the most economically important tree crop and proceeds from it have positively influenced the socio-economic life of the rural communities, and as a result it has improved their living conditions.

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尼日利亚农村农民的油棕酒经济：来自尼日利亚东南部 Enugu Ezike 的证据

该研究考虑了油棕的经济性（贵州油橄榄) 发给尼日利亚东南部农村社区的农村农民。它比较了油棕行业所有产品的经济效益——棕榈油、棕榈仁、木材、棕榈酒和扫帚。它假定油棕对埃努古埃齐克农民来说最重要的产品是油棕酒。这与以棕榈油和棕榈仁为油棕主要产品的观点形成鲜明对比。在 Enugu Ezike 进行的一项研究表明，棕榈酒的年收入超过了棕榈油、棕榈仁和扫帚的六年收入。该研究采用不拘一格的数据收集框架，包括口头访谈、焦点小组讨论、参与观察和二手资料的使用。