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  • How big is a palm oil farm in Ghana?
  • Average palm oil farm size in Ghana is approximately 2.7 hectares (MASDAR, 2011). Côte d’Ivoire’s small landholders palm oil area is approximately 220,000 hectares (73 percent of total) and large-scale industrial estates area is about 80,000 hectares (27 percent of total).
  • What are the major oil palm plantations in Ghana?
  • Some of the large-scale plantations are Benso Oil Palm Limited (BOPP) and Norwegian Oil Palm Ghana Limited (NORPALM) in the Western Region, Twifo Oil Palm Plantation Limited (TOPP) in the Central Region, and the Ghana Oil Palm Development Company (GOPDC) at Kwae near Kade in the Eastern Region (see Figure 1).
  • How is palm oil produced in Ghana?
  • Palm oil production in Ghana consists mainly of plantation (estate) farms (currently about 25 percent of cultivated land) and private smallholder farms. The production structure of the nucleus estates links outgrower and smallholder farmers in the supply of FFBs.
  • How much palm oil does Côte d'Ivoire produce in 2022/23?
  • Palm oil production for marketing year (MY) 2022/23 is forecast at a record 600,000 metric tons (mt) for Côte d’Ivoire, and a record 300,000 mt for Ghana. Harvested area for Côte d’Ivoire is forecast at a record 300,000 hectares (ha), while harvested area for Ghana is forecast at 360,000 ha.
  • Where to grow oil palm in Ghana?
  • The most suitable areas for oil palm cultivation in Ghana are in the Western, Central and Eastern Regions. Large oil palm plantations (nucleus estates and outgrowers) and processing mills are located in these regions.
  • How many palm oil mills are there in Ghana?
  • MASDAR (2011) reports there were more than 1,200 small-scale processing mills in Ghana producing approximately 60 percent of the national palm oil output. Côte d’Ivoire has 16 large-scale mills competing with numerous small-scale (artisan) and medium-scale mills (AIPH, 2022).