{"id":464407,"date":"2018-02-14T21:33:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T21:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/replacing-cocoa-with-planting-rubber-concerned-farmers-descend-on-government\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T21:33:36","slug":"replacing-cocoa-with-planting-rubber-concerned-farmers-descend-on-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/14\/replacing-cocoa-with-planting-rubber-concerned-farmers-descend-on-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing Cocoa with planting rubber -Concerned farmers descend on government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 14 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/77501336.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cocoa Pix 620x330filephoto\" title=\"Cocoa Pix 620x330filephoto\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana will soon lose its position as the world\u2019s second largest cocoa producer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518644016_875_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> There is growing tension at Asikasu-Odumase in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region over the forceful take-over of cocoa farmlands for rubber plantation.<\/p>\n<p>Cocoa farmers in the area have rejected compensation from the Ghana Rubber Estates limited in exchange for their land.<\/p>\n<p>They say they cannot exchange their livelihood for 7,000 Ghana cedis for an acre of cocoa farm.<\/p>\n<p>The company has however defied their stance and gone ahead to destroy over 2,500 acres to plant rubber.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will soon lose its position as the world\u2019s second largest cocoa producer; many cocoa farms are being replaced with rubber plantations.<\/p>\n<p>The country has a strong position on the world market for standard quality of beans with a market share of an estimated 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2015\/2016 harvesting season, Ghana produced approximately 800,000 metric tonnes of cocoa, which was 20 per cent of the total world production.<\/p>\n<p>Events at Asikasu\u2014Odumase have the potential to derail such gains unless measures are taken to halt the trend. Samuel Baidoo is a victim of forceful take-over of cocoa farms.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana Rubber Estate Limited is destroying cocoa and other economic trees. Emmanuel Nordjoe is another farmer who has lost his cocoa farm . He says his farm was forcefully taken over by rubber plantation company.<\/p>\n<p>The farmers say government has so far paid no attention to the worrying development.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Oboadie Boateng Bonsu is President of Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana, and has been leading the crusade against the land take-over.<\/p>\n<p>According to him affected farmers may resort to social vices if their concerns are not addressed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 73 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 14 February 2018 Source: ghanaweb.com 2018-02-14 Ghana will soon lose its position as the world\u2019s second largest cocoa producer There is growing tension at Asikasu-Odumase in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region over the forceful take-over of cocoa farmlands for rubber plantation. 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