Gaprotech

ABOUT GAPROTECH

The challenge of smallholder farmers in oil palm cultivation and processing is similar to all oil palm producing countries in Africa including Ghana, the location of Green Afro-Palms (GAP), and GAPROTECH solution.

The West African belt from Angola to Senegal survives the oil palm crop; with Nigeria, Coted’Ivoire, Cameroon as major producers and Sierra Leone, Liberia, Benin least producers. In these countries, over 70% of the average of oil palm cultivation is by smallholder farmers who lack resources and technologies to capture the full potential of the crop both economically and environmentally.

Majority of oil palm farmers in Ghana now, out of insufficient economic gains from their farms, resort to giving their farms and lands for Illegal mining and logging activities, destroying farm lands, stripping forestation and leaving waters polluted-a threat to climate change and food security.

GAP designed a solution dubbed GAPROTECH in response to post-harvests processing challenges of the African smallholder palm farmer. GAPROTECH coined from GAP Processing Technology is an agric-machinery technology (40,000usd. per 1.5 ton / hour plant); was locally manufactured in Ghana, with locally sourced materials) tailored, for the needs of small farmers.

This technology allows the use of solar as a source of energy, to process 2.5 times more oils from farmers oil palm yields making farmers earn 3 times more than their initial incomes. The plant has capacity in aiding producing biogas from the processing wastes as a by-product (a proprietary function) which farmers could use as fuel for cooking in their homes.

GAPROTECH designed by GAP, seeks to solve the challenge of post-harvest losses faced by smallholder palm farmers aiding efficient yet affordable processing technology to increase production of farmers and thus augment the total production of oil palm and its processed products from Africa.








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OPERATIONS OF GAPROTECH

GAP is promoting the mission to improve Oil Palm processing using GAPROTECH-v1 and open for partnerships to improve GAPROTECH for scale across Ghana and West Africa.

GAP - Plant

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Asaasepa Naturals

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Seed Bask LTD.

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GAPROTECH-v1: GAP PLANT

GAP, after the design and manufacturing of the GAPROTECH aimed at implementing the design across Ghana. The first of GAPROTECH, set in operation, was located at the production site of Green Afro-Palms, Okroase (A town in Ahafo Ano South District, Ashanti Region).

The very first version of GAPROTECH manufactured was named as GAP - PLANT, and after its installation is being used by GAP for oil processing.The GAP - PLANT took 3 years to manufacture and install and has been operated 7yrs by GAP. It has aided the production of 1.2million liters of purified oil and its by-products as @ June 024.
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GAPROTECH-v1: ASAASEPA NATURALS LTD.

Asaasepa Naturals LTD. is a woman led agroprocessing company loacated in the Western Region of Ghana Tarkwa, into production of palm oil (Zomi), palm kernel oil. The palm oil produced is different from commonly supplied and traded on the market because of their unique recipe that increases the nutritional value, taste and shelf life of the oil in organic processes.

After the installation of the GAP - PLANT, a host of organizations, farming organizations have been in contact with GAP for the replication and expansion of the GAPROTECH, for their palm oil processing activity, to increase their productivity as well, out of these organizations comes Asaasepa Naturals.
Current State of the Mill under construction - Asaasepa Natural - TARKWA. This shed is to house the machines - GAPROTECH under construction by GAP. GAPROTECH equipment: 85% complete awaiting installation as @ June 2024.
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GAPROTECH-v1: SPEED BASK LTD.

Speed Bask LTD. is an agro company, led by a woman, into the cultivation and production of palm oil , palm kernel oil and by-products. Located in Pramkuma in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

SPEED BASK is one of the organizations in contract with GAP for the Manufacturing and installation of (GAPROTECH), for their palm oil processing activities, and to increase their productivity
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