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Gold Fields supports Tarkwa Prisons to expand oil palm plantation

... — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:00:03 +0000

The Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) has presented farm inputs worth GH¢144,666.00 to support the cultivation of a 20-acre oil palm plantation for the Tarkwa Local Prisons in the Western Region. The items included, 1,400 tenera oil palm seedlings, 141 bags of NPK 15:15:15 fertilizers, 200 bags of organic compost, 10 knapsack sprayers, 36 pieces of […]

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COCOBOD warns Ghana’s cocoa industry faces imminent collapse

... — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:58:32 +0000

Mr. Samuel Asuman, the Regional Manager of the Western South Cocoa Health and Extension Division of COCOBOD, has warned of imminent collapse of Ghana’s cocoa industry if immediate interventions were not made to save it. According to him, more than 100,000 acres of high-yield cocoa plantations have already been destroyed in key producing regions, such as Ashanti, Western, […]

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GFGF supports farmers to raise 24,000 oil palm seedlings

... — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:04:46 +0000

Eighteen farmers from Pepesa in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality have received aid from the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) to establish an oil palm nursery production company called “Ecopalms GH”. The company, made up of fifteen women and three men, have so far raised 24,000 high quality oil palm seedlings, out of which 23,000 would […]

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Gold Fields expands cocoa support programme to Tarkwa communities

... — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:05:04 +0000

Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) has rolled out its cocoa farmers support programme to Tarkwa Mine host communities, focusing on improved production and responsible farming practices. The programme initiated in Damang in 2018, supported 600 farmers for three years, resulting in a 77 per cent increase in average cocoa yields among the beneficiary farmers. Speaking at the […]

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Divisional Chief of Bosomtwe urges youth to take up farming

... — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:31:49 +0000

The Chief of Bosomtwe Divisional Area in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality, Nana Kwabena Amponsah IV, has urged the youth to take up farming as its profitable. He stated that the increasing demand for food at the local and international levels had made farming a lucrative business and tasked the youth to take advantage of the situation […]

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Abosso Goldfields Limited supports 360 cocoa farmers with inputs

... — Thu, 19 May 2022 17:52:41 +0000

Abosso Goldfields Limited (AGL) Damang Mine, through the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF), has distributed farm inputs worth over US$ 80,000 to 360 farmers in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality. The items included 407 gallons of fertilisers, 900 boxes of insecticides and 90 pieces of mist blower machines. The gesture falls under its cocoa farmer’s support […]

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