The Atiwa East District Assembly has through the Atiwa East Department of Agriculture distributed 19140 oil palm seedlings to farmers under the Planting for Export and Rural Development Programme. The seedlings were raised at Frimponso, Sekyere-Dankwah and Hiawoanwu. A total … Continue reading Farmers receive 19140 oil palm seedlings from Atiwa East District Assembly
Deforestation, certain types of reforestation and commercial palm plantations correlate with increasing outbreaks of infectious disease, shows a new study in Frontiers in Veterinary Science. This study offers a first global look at how changes in forest cover potentially contribute … Continue reading Deforestation, forest conversion and oil palm plantations linked to disease outbreaks
A combination of production challenges has resulted in vegetable oil prices, such as palm and soya bean oil, reaching multi-year highs since 2020. Although these prices may be nearing their peak, they are not expected to decline to previous levels, … Continue reading Agric Commodity Market: Global edible oil price rally nearing its peak
Stakeholders in the Oil Palm chain have been engaged on how to enhance sustainable development of the oil palm sector through the introduction of a licensing regime to regulate their activities. It will also ensure uniformity in the pricing of … Continue reading Oil Palm Development Association engages stakeholders on oil palm sustainability, licensing the sector by gov’t
Research conducted by the University of Ghana Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), has indicated that Oil Palm has a huge economic potential that can significantly alleviate rural poverty. According to the research, the Oil Palm sector does … Continue reading Oil palm has huge economic potentials for Ghana – ISSER
Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) has reported a topline growth of 29.5%, against 20.9% in the same period of 2019, to GH¢123.82 million in 2020 on the back of higher palm oil prices emanating from increased demand from China and … Continue reading BOPP’s earnings continue to benefit from higher CPO prices
The country’s palm oil production is set to increase by an average of 4.4% year-on-year from 2021 to 2025, with the growth rate increasing at the end of that period. According to Bloomberg and Fitch Solutions, Ghana is poised to … Continue reading Ghana: Oil palm revival promising
Ghana will displaced Ivory Coast to become the lead exporter and earner of palm oil production in West-Africa for the next five years, according to Bloomberg and Fitch Solutions. Ghana’s palm oil production will increase by an average of 4.4% … Continue reading Ghana to become regional top performer in palm oil production
While palm oil is associated with deforestation in biodiversity hotspots, alternatives may actually require more land, says a study. Oil extracted from the oil palm fruit is cheap and versatile and it is now the world’s most common vegetable oil. … Continue reading Palm oil alternatives require more land – Study
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry have projected that the country would realize a total amount of US$134 million from oil palm export in the next 10 years, to reverse the current deficit … Continue reading Ghana: Export Strategy to reverse Ghana’s oil palm export deficit
The revenue of Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) has risen by 14.1% year on year to GHc89.67 million for the first nine months of 2020 driven by 37 % year on year rise in the price of Crude Palm Oil … Continue reading Ghana: Benso Oil Palm profit jumps on higher commodity prices
