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Deal #1338 Version #52762
Ghana
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2020-12-11
Last full update
2024-04-24
Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected
Name of community
Kadelso
Recognition status of community land tenure
Recognition status of community land tenure
Community traditional or customary rights recognized by government
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Limited consultation
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Mixed reaction
Comment on community reaction
Some supported the idea but others did not
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
No
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
No
Comment on displacement of people
One of the affected villages is Kadelso.
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
Jatropha Africa works with local chiefs on a shared profit basis and only pays for land which is developed.
Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
At the time of allocation some local people were already farming on the land. After the chief reallocated the land to Jatropha Africa, the local farmers demonstrated to show their resentment. As a result the chief gave them an alternative site which lies adjacent to the Jatropha farm. There was no other form of compensation given to the farmers.
Materialized benefits for local communities
Materialized benefits for local communities
Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...)
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
Regarding community development, the company didn’t build any structure for the community benefit. They however provided the community basic school with a solar panel for electricity supply. When government extended electricity to the community, the solar panel was no longer used. The school block that used to host the solar panel is now dilapidated.