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Okomu Oil Palm Company: Setting agro-processing investment pace

Okomu is really involved in CSR projects regarding its communities; the company supports 27 communities for an amount of N200 million per year. The first phase of its CSR project was focused on 9 communities around Extension 2; they assist local people with their...

GTB takes banking to Pujehun

The Guaranty Trust Bank GTB has decided to open a cash center on SAC plantation in order to offer to the local population ; which is isolated ; standards banking products and various services. This opening is a part of their corporate social responsibility. Read the...

Pujehun Is Not Relaxing Guard against Ebola Virus

M. Cecil Macaulay, responsable de la communication pour la réponse à Ebola dans le district de Pujehun, a annoncé que le district a dépassé 42 jours sans nouveau cas d'Ebola, tout en maintenant des stratégies strictes pour éradiquer complètement la maladie. Depuis le...

Palms of controversies

Palms of controversies

Scientists have a part to play in the debate over oil palm cultivation which has captured and polarized public opinion, kindled and undoubtedly shaped by the media. How can this palm be viewed as a ‘miracle plant’ by both the agro-food industry in the North and...

Regard d’expert sur l’huile de palme

Regard d’expert sur l’huile de palme

En novembre 2012, l’affaire de la « taxe Nutella » en France mettait à nouveau sur le devant de la scène le sujet des conséquences environnementales et sociales liées à l’huile de palme. Par le biais d’un amendement introduit par le sénateur Yves Daudigny au projet de...

In Sierra Leone, Slecad concerns over attacks on investors

In Sierra Leone, Slecad concerns over attacks on investors

The Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) has expressed dissatisfaction over the recent attacks by disgruntled land owners on Socfin Agricultural Company Sierra Leone Ltd in Sahn Malen Chiefdom in Pujehun District. The disgruntled land owners last...

Parliament inspects USD 122M Socfin Investment

The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has just concluded an extensive oversight tour of the Socfin Agricultural Company’s palm fruit project in Sahn Village, Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District to ascertain the level of work and issues relating to the company’s...