SOCAPALM II

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Over a five-year development period, the Second Oil Palm Project will provide for: (a) establishment of 6,000 ha of high-yielding selected oil palms on Kienke estate; and the first phase of an oil palm processing factory; (b) establishment of 2,000 ha of smallholder oil palm plantations with the technical support and under the supervision of SOCAPALM (Societe Camerounaise de Palmeraies); (c) land clearing for 1,000 ha of palms, and planting and maintenance of 1,330 ha (including 330 ha on land already cleared) of palms on the M'Bongo estate; harvesting and collection equipment and staff housing for both the M'Bongo and Eseka estates; and expansion of an oil processing mill at M'Bongo; (d) management and administration of the Kienke estate and part of the administrative costs of the Eseka and Kienke estates; and (e) construction, equipping and furnishing of a headquarters service complex in Douala.