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Deal #6742 Version #76829

Ghana
Created at
2019-02-04
Last update
2021-01-29
Last full update
2020-07-21

Land area

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [current] 6147.0 ha
Size in operation (production)
  • 4234.0 ha
  • [2020, current] 4600.0 ha
Comment on land area
TOPP Limited (Twifo Ntafrewaso Estate) – Nucleus. Twifo Smallholder Oil Palm Project (TSOPP) - Smallholders. Nucleus planted area of 4234 ha. The rest of the concession is covered with Offices, Factory, accommodation for Junior, Senior and Management Staff, Recreational centre, a nine hole Golf Course, Club House, Clinic, Police Station, Banks, Schools (Pre-school, Primary and Junior High), Roads, Nursery and 1913ha for smallholders. Area in operation of 5533ha derived from the Mapathon 2020. Overwritten with JRC mapped area of about 4,600ha using a VHR of 2020.

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [current] Agriculture unspecified (6147.0 ha)
Comment on intention of investment
Area in operation derived from the Mapathon 2020.

Nature of the deal

Comment on nature of the deal
Compulsory acquisition

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [1977, current] Concluded (Contract signed)
Comment on negotiation status
TOPP was started in 1977 but operations began in 1978

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [1978, current] In operation (production)
Comment on implementation status
JRC observes a plantations since 2011, but needs to check different images to check when it first started.

Contract farming

Contract farming
Yes
On leased / purchased
Yes
On leased area/farmers/households
  • [current] 1913.0 ha
Not on leased / purchased (out-grower)
Yes
Not on leased area/farmers/households (out-grower)
  • [current] 3300.0 ha
Comment on contract farming
At the end of the 2012 planting season, 986 oil palm farmers from 42 rural communities in 4 Districts from the Central and Western Regions, have benefitted from the programme. Buabin Oil Palm Outgrower Project – Outgrowers (Deal 6775)