Sustaining the Future: Economic, Social, and Environmental Change in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNU, 1996, 365 pages): Part 5: Environment and development in Ghana: The environmental impact and sustainability of plantations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana's experiences with oil-palm plantations: Conclusion

Sustaining the Future: Economic, Social, and Environmental Change in Sub-Saharan Africa (UNU, 1996, 365 pages)

Part 5: Environment and development in Ghana

The environmental impact and sustainability of plantations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana's experiences with oil-palm plantations

		(introductory text...)
		Introduction
		Overview of the plantation system in the Sub-Sahara
		The evolution of plantations in Ghana
		The positive impacts of the plantations
		Adverse environmental impacts and sustainability
		Conclusion
		References

Conclusion

To sum up, what one may envision on the basis of this preliminary enquiry is a network of smaller diversified plantations of the nucleus estate type at appropriate locations, whereby modern ecologically based farming methods are extended to surrounding contract farmers to sustain agriculture and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa.