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Table 19. Comparison of Production Costs, FFB Yield and % OER—Ghana and Major World Producers of Oil Palm

COUNTRY Area Under

Cultivation

(ha)

FFBroduction

(MT)

Plantation

Productivity

(FFB Yield)

MT/ha

Oil Extraction

Rate (OER)

(%) (average)

Average Production

Costs/MT (USD)*

GHANA** $270

GOPDC 0.23

Nucleus Estate (MT) 4 650 41 386.8 8.9

Outgrowers (MT) 13 000 54 223.1 4.2

Smallholders (MT) 3 500 7 397.2 2.1

Okumaning (MT) 3 508.4

Private Farms (MT) 2 177.7

Twifo Oil Palm Plantation 0.19

Nucleus Estate (MT) 4 500 52 153.5 11.6

Smallholder FFB (MT) 2 800 12 927.6 4.6

Purchased FFB (MT) 8 000 31 317.9 3.9

Benso Oil Palm Plantation 0.19

Estate FFB (MT) 4 666 41 631.3 8.9

Smallholder FFB (MT) 1 650 16 647.8 10.1

Purchased FFB (MT) 5 000 26 574.8 5.3

Juaben Oil Mills 0.20

Outgrower 1 100 2 776.4 2.5

Nucleus 424 968 2.3

Ghana: Private Smallholder 232 833 0.10

Large-scale $536

Medium-scale $85

Small-scale $500 - $700

NIGERIA*** 2 5140 90 $293

Wild grove 2 300 00 1.5 0.1

Smallholder 117 25

Estate 96 65 5.0 5.0

CÔTE D’IVOIRE 250 00 $303

MALAYSIA 30-35 $350

INDONESIA 30-35

Sources: Oil Palm Study (ADVANCE, 2010) Average figures (2000-2007) Oil Seeds Association of Nigeria (2003)