Cocoa Farms, Oil Palm Plantation Destroyed by Galamsey Activities - Adankrono Chief Lamants

Cocoa Farms, Oil Palm Plantation Destroyed by Galamsey Activities - Adankrono Chief Lamants

The Chief of Adankrono in the Eastern Region, Nana Osabarima Sarpong Kumankuma II, has bemoaned the devasting impacts of illegal mining on agriculture activities. The escalating crisis of this galamsey activities has reached a catastrophic tipping point in Adankrono, near Kade, where vast tracts of arable land have been decimated. Once-thriving cocoa farms and oil palm plantations, which serve as the primary economic backbone for the Region, are…