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TOPP to award out-growers, small
holders
Twifo Ntafrewaso (C/R), Dec. 18, Ghanadot/GNA - The Twifo
Oil Palm Plantations (TOPP) Limited, is to hold separate
awards days for the company's out-growers and small holder
plantation owners in June next year.
The Managing Director of the company, Mr Neneyo Mate-Kole,
announced this at an annual workers' durbar and awards day
held at Ntafrewaso at the weekend.
He said the company was registering plantations of
out-growers and small holders that were currently yielding
fruits, with the view to not only give them technical
advice, but also financial support to maintain their farms.
Mr Mate-Kole appealed to all oil palm plantation owners in
the area to participate in the scheme.
He said output from the crop purchased outside the company's
production dropped significantly.
The company he said purchased 32,715 tons of fresh fruit
bunches valued at over 21 billion cedis as against40,773
last year.
The Managing Director expressed regret that some local
farmers in the District refused to sell to the company due
to higher prices offered by competition, saying, "and we
have to travel far in search of crop".
He reaffirmed the company's commitment to provide ready
market for their produce.
GNA
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