The ADIPROD Industries SA industrial unit, inaugurated Monday by President Ibrahim Traoré, plans to ultimately produce more than 25,000 tons of shea butter (raw and refined) as well as more than 20 000 tonnes of edible oils made from cotton, soya and sunflower, the AIB has learned.'We want to support all economic operators who will embark on the processing of our products so that Burkinabè people can have jobs locally and consume what is produced,' declared the President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré.The President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, spoke on Monday, after the inauguration in Bobo-Dioulasso, of a new industrial unit, ADIPROD INDUSTRIE SA, which processes oilseed products.The ADIPROD Industries SA industrial unit will ultimately produce more than 25,000 tonnes of shea butter (raw and refined) as well as more than 20,000 tonnes of edible oils made from cotton, soy and sunflower.It plans to create more than 1,000 direct jobs. The total expected investment is estimated at nearly 18 billion FCFA.Captain Traoré praised the 'example of resilience' of the promoter of this transformation unit, Oumou Diallo.According to him, the government supported the promoter through the Burkinabè Economic and Social Development Fund (FBDES).'We want our products, which are here, to be transformed here for the people of Burkina Faso, so that we are not importers of finished products, but exporters of finished products because that is our vision,' said the president. of the Transition.The Head of State also appealed to economic operators 'not to hesitate to embark on industrialization, as well as to all producers to launch into agriculture, because there is a market where this can be transformed and marketed.Source: Burkina Information Agency