Ghana- Oil Palm Development Company

The project seeks to expand oil palm cultivation, adopting the concept of sustainable agriculture and focusing on the production of organic oil palm. The project will also add value to local produce by establishing a refinery to produce refined palm oil. Its implementation consists of: i) establish a new 2,100 ha organic oil palm nucleus estate in Okumaning; ii) develop and support 5,000 ha outgrower and smallholder farms in both Okumaning and Kwae; iii) replant 2,300 ha of nucleus estate in Kwae with organic oil palm; iv) expand capacity of palm oil mill from 48 t ffb per hour to 60 tph; v) expand capacity of palm kernel crushing plant from 45 t per day to 60 tpd; vi) establish a new refining and fractioning plant with a capacity of 100 t per day; and v) expand capacity of palm oil storage tank by 1,700 t. The project cost is estimated at Euro 25.00 million (US$24.50 million).