{"id":1259809,"date":"2022-11-29T23:56:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/29\/over-70-of-cocoa-lands-in-ghana-will-not-be-suitable-again-by-2050-if-uks-harriet-thompson\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T23:56:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T23:56:17","slug":"over-70-of-cocoa-lands-in-ghana-will-not-be-suitable-again-by-2050-if-uks-harriet-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/29\/over-70-of-cocoa-lands-in-ghana-will-not-be-suitable-again-by-2050-if-uks-harriet-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 70% of cocoa lands in Ghana will not be suitable again by 2050 if&#8230; &#8211; UK&#8217;s Harriet Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"373\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Harrieth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Harrieth-696x373.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"373\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Harrieth-696x373.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Harrieth\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>The United Kingdom High (UK) Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson has indicated that by 2050, over 70 per cent of the lands in Ghana used to grow cocoa will no longer be suitable for that purpose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">She says this will happen if temperatures continue to rise as they are doing currently in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Madam Thompson said this in a tweet on Tuesday November 29 after she paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Food and Agriculture Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie.<\/p>\n<p>The courtesy call was to enable the two of them deliberate on issues of relevance in the agriculture sector especially on the United Kingdom Support Climate Smart Agriculture in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Madam Thompson said \u201cOver 70% of land currently used to grow cocoa in Ghana <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">will not be suitable for that crop by 2050 if temperatures continue to rise as they are doing currently. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cNow is the time to adapt \u2013 and the potential to do so is great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 70% of land currently used to grow cocoa in \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded will not be suitable for that crop by 2050 if temperatures continue to rise as they are doing currently. Now is the time to adapt \u2013 and the potential to do so is great. https:\/\/t.co\/FLNuE9NZhe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harriet Thompson (@HCThompson001) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCThompson001\/status\/1597540262573903873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom High (UK) Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson has indicated that by 2050, over 70 per cent of the lands in Ghana used to grow cocoa will no longer be suitable for that purpose. She says this will happen if temperatures continue to rise as they are doing currently in the country. 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