Cocoa,
the second largest foreign exchange earner for Ghana, is indeed the cash-cow of
the Ghanaian economy.
Recently,
the Ghanaian government increased the producer price of the commodity to the
excitement of local cocoa farmers.
But
the cocoa industry is reeling under the threat of climate change and could as
well be a major driver to deforestation.
Increasing
production demands expansion of area under cultivation, with the resultant
effect of converting forests to farming systems which leads to decline in
carbon stocks.
To
sustain production, there is the call for the country to explore climate-smart
cocoa production practices.
Kofi
Adu Domfeh takes a look at what Ghana is doing to ensure the cocoa economy and
local livelihoods are sustained.
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