{"id":757941,"date":"2019-12-04T10:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T10:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/giving-cocoa-farms-to-galamseyers-will-harm-cocoa-roads-plans-cocobod\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T10:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T10:56:14","slug":"giving-cocoa-farms-to-galamseyers-will-harm-cocoa-roads-plans-cocobod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/giving-cocoa-farms-to-galamseyers-will-harm-cocoa-roads-plans-cocobod\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving cocoa farms to galamseyers will harm cocoa roads plans &#8211; COCOBOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/galamsey.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"galamsey.jpeg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: &#8216;Galamsey&#8217; pit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chief<br \/>\nExecutive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo has cautioned<br \/>\ncocoa farmers that giving up their farms to galamsey operators will negatively<br \/>\naffect COCOBOD\u2019s capacity to build cocoa roads and continue with other development<br \/>\nprojects in cocoa farming communities.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond<br \/>\nits business of regulating Ghana\u2019s cocoa industry and marketing cocoa beans,<br \/>\nCOCOBOD undertakes development projects and provides amenities in cocoa<br \/>\ncommunities to improve the living conditions of people in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking<br \/>\nat a cocoa farmer rally at Asankragua in the Western South Region, as part of<br \/>\nhis three-day working tour of cocoa farming communities in the region, Joseph<br \/>\nBoahen Aidoo cautioned that, the sustainance of the entire cocoa sector as well<br \/>\nas COCOBOD\u2019s health, education and particularly, it\u2019s cocoa road projects will<br \/>\ncome under serious threat, if cocoa farmers lease or sell their lands to<br \/>\ngalamsey operators.<\/p>\n<p>A<br \/>\nreduction in proceeds from the sale of cocoa, resulting from a drop in the<br \/>\nnational yield will forestall ongoing projects and make it impractical to<br \/>\nundertake new ones.<\/p>\n<p>He made<br \/>\nan earnest appeal to cocoa farmers to remain in the cocoa farming business and<br \/>\nresist temptations to go into other cash crop farming or give up their farms<br \/>\nfor other purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Instead,<br \/>\nhe said, farmers should endeavour to faithfully follow the Productivity<br \/>\nEnhancement Programmes (PEPs) by COCOBOD to maximise yields. To ensure a bumper<br \/>\nharvest, farmers are to prune their trees before they begin to flower,<br \/>\nfertilize the trees when flowering begin and then practice hand pollination of<br \/>\nthe cocoa flowers.<\/p>\n<p>These<br \/>\npractices are expected to yield more than 20 bags of cocoa per acre when done<br \/>\neffectively.<\/p>\n<p>He went<br \/>\non to speak about the devastation which galamsey activities cause to the<br \/>\nenvironment and potentially, to the health of the people in the communities and<br \/>\nbeyond. <\/p>\n<p>Galamsey<br \/>\nminers use mercury in their operations, he explained. Mercury is a heavy liquid<br \/>\nmetal which is very toxic and it stays in the environment for so many years<br \/>\ncausing havoc to the environment long after the galamsey operators have moved<br \/>\non.<\/p>\n<p>He asked<br \/>\nthe farmers not to be enticed by promises of immediate gains from galamsey<br \/>\noperators or buckle to pressure from chiefs or other such actors to give up<br \/>\ntheir lands for galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>It will<br \/>\nbe a shame, he said, for an otherwise hardworking farmer, to miss out on the<br \/>\ngood times ahead for cocoa farming because of a decision to give up a land for<br \/>\ngalamsey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: &#8216;Galamsey&#8217; pit Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo has cautioned cocoa farmers that giving up their farms to galamsey operators will negatively affect COCOBOD\u2019s capacity to build cocoa roads and continue with other development projects in cocoa farming communities. 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