'Newmont compensate farmers', 18 Nov 2014:...A statement...by Newmont Ghana...said...land owners were paid compensation for the deprivation of their land use...[through] Agricultural Improvement and Land Access Programme (AILAP)...[which] facilitate[d] access to arable land and improved farm inputs for affected farmers...[to] enable...them to re-establish their lost livelihood in addition to...compensation for crops, immovable properties, land use deprivation and possible involuntary resettlement of mine affected people...“Newmont Ghana introduced the AILAP, a post resettlement mitigation programme, to assist farmers within its host communities, who have been directly impacted by the mines’ operations...to re-establish their agricultural livelihoods...”...The initiative is in collaboration with OLIVES (Organisation for Livelihood Enhancement) and Ministry of Food and Agriculture, who provide technical services to the farmers. Newmont...’s record[s]...indicate...that about 2,000 farmers...have already enrolled as beneficiaries under the ongoing programme...