Transferring Oil Palm Plantation Best Management Practices (BMP) from Southeast Asia to West Africa
IPNI-2010-GBL-53
09 Jan 2013
Project Description
IPNI Southeast Asia demonstrated large success of BMP in oil palm growing environments in Southeast Asia. Today, oil palm growers invest in existing plantations elsewhere in the world, including in West Africa. Can BMP, developed in Southeast Asia, be deployed to intensify oil palm plantations in these regions? In environmental analyses IPNI demonstrated similarity of poorer oil palm environments in Kalimantan with other regions in Southeast Asia, in Latin America and also in West Africa. This project will assess the requirements for adaptation of BMPs in West Africa in IPNI partner plantations in Ghana, and if results permit, develop concepts and projects for full BMP adaptation in West Africa.