A Climate Resilient Oil Palm Project (CROPP) in Ghana is targeting 1,000 hectares of land to plant oil palm and agro forestry trees in five years.
Participants at the training
The CROPP is part of Anglogold Ashanti Ghana’s agricultural development programme, which aims to contribute to the diversification of the local economy and afforestation.
The project, launched in 2021 in collaboration with Solidaridad West Africa, is to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation through local economic development.
It is also expected to enhance the livelihoods of beneficiaries in four municipal and district assemblies – Obuasi Municipal, Obuasi East District, Amansie Central and Adansi South Districts.
Agriculture extension Officers are being exposed to the use of digital tools for monitoring and reporting best management practices towards the implementation of the CROPP.
Economic Development Superintendent of AGA Obuasi Mine, Daniel Arthur-Bentum, said the training would help the extension officers to be able to support farmers adopt the best management practices and to better monitor plantations to achieve the carbon capture target.
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