Golden Exotics Limited has launched its 20th anniversary with a commitment to expand its operations and contribute to the development of communities surrounding its plantations. The company projects to hit a total banana plantation of 2,000 hectares by June this year.
GEL has plantations in Obom, near Ngleshi-Amanfrom in the Ga South Municipality; Kasunya, near Asutuare, in the Shai-Osudoku District, and Torgorme in the North Tongu District.
Since the company's inception it had undertaken its corporate social responsibility in the areas of education, health, economic wellbeing, among others, in the communities where it operated. It strives to revisit such projects during the anniversary year.
In 2014, the company planted organic bananas. At an average of 100 hectares per year it could now boast 600 hectares which was currently one of the largest in the world, while its conventional farms kept expanding.
Source: graphic.com.gh