A Norwegian-based biofuel company is the latest international company reportedly evicting dozens of farmers in northern Ghana in order to plant jetropha, a non-food crop whose seeds contain oil used for biofuel. Biofuel Africa Ltd is claiming ownership of 56 acres of prime farm land and, residents say, forcing out the inhabitants of seven farming villages in Tamale district.
Mumud Alhassan Adam, 50-year-old father of five, lost his eight-hectare plot where he grew maize and rice. "I went to the farm one day but I realized somebody else was on the farm and then I was told the land had been sold off," he said in a press interview.