It’s 6.30 and we’re all packed up in the bus. A two hour ride awaits before we would reach the Norwegian company Norpalm’s palm oil plantation.

At our first stop we got a short introduction on the history of Norpalm and some information about their staff and work. After that we got a little tour around the plantation, seeing all from how they plant the palm oil seeds, how they process the nuts and how they use their machinery.

Ida planting some seeds

Safety first!

After visiting Norpalm we took the bus to a nearby community where we met with some small scale farmers. They showed us the traditional Ghanian way of producing palm oil, which was really interesting after visiting a big company like Norpalm. At first we watched the artisanal mill at and then we got divided into groups, walking around the crops with the local farmers. Our “guide” took us to his house, showing us all the different fruits and vegetables he harvested around it. That was probably my favourite part of the day.