Chapter 11

Oil palm industry growth in Africa:

A value chain and smallholders’ study for Ghana

Kwabena Ofosu-BUDU and Daniel Bruce SARPONG^1

(^1) Authors are professors at the College of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences at the University of Ghana, Legon-
Accra. The chapter is based on a study commissioned by the Trade and Markets Division (EST), Food and Agriculture
Organization. The authors acknowledge the contributions of Aziz Elbehri and Suffyan Koroma (FAO) in defining
the study terms of references and providing guidance and reviews through several drafts.