Illegal gold mining

The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has revealed that over 500,000 hectares of cocoa farms in Ghana have been lost to the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD), posing a major threat to the country’s…
Read More...

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), though not native to Ghana has become one of the country’s main exports and a major foreign exchange earning commodity since its introduction into the then Gold Coast by the highly revered Tetteh Quarshie in 1878.…
Read More...

Dear Fellow Citizens of Ghana, I am writing this appeal to bring to your attention the critical issue of illegal mining or galamsey and its adverse impact on our cocoa plantations. Cocoa is one of the essential crops that contribute…
Read More...

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has charged all Ghanaians to support the fight against ‘galamsey’ in cocoa growing areas as a form of deliberately protecting national pride. It, therefore, wants all and sundry to join the campaign in…
Read More...

The 62-year-old father of six says he has tasted real poverty producing cocoa and thus doesn't mind at this point cutting down "my own bona fide property" for galamsey money
Read More...