000 Hectares Of Cocoa Farms Lost To Galamsey

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has said over 19,000 arable cocoa farms have been lost through illegal mining (galamsey). Speaking on the TownHall Talk programme on Asaase on Accra-based FM, Fiifi Boafo, the director of public affairs at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), said the activities of illegal miners in the cocoa growing areas of the country are having a devastating effect on cocoa farms. Boafo said, “We did some work. This is at the beginning of the year and we’ve lost about 19, 000 hectares of cocoa farms. This was January this year and it was a sample that was done, so…