Photo: Mawuli Kodzo Ericson Sevor interviewing an oil palm farmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe farmers he is studying are from the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana, an important area for oil palm production. His aim is to investigate oil palm biomass waste-to-energy models as critical components of landscape development strategies. \u201cBy trying to find out the kind of fuel used by farmers in the processing of oil palm, I have learned that many of them are using mesocarp fibres and empty palm oil fruit bunches as a source of fuel,\u201d said the student.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhoto: Mawuli Kodzo Ericson Sevor interviewing an oil palm farmer in the farm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nHowever, he has also observed that other farmers use fuel wood from the nearby forests, including the Atiwa forest range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI would like to see farmers practising sustainable agricultural intensification and diversifying their income, while at the same time minimizing the felling of trees for fuel in oil palm processing,\u201d Sevor said. This is why he wants to become an agribusiness consultant. \u201cI want to develop and support the implementation of sustainable agribusiness models by offering training services to farmers and oil palm processors on how to become income secure in an environmental friendly way,\u201d he added. Motivated by this goal, Sevor also works as a teacher at the Ohawu Agricultural College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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