Squeezed by EU Rules and Threat of Illegal Mining, Cocoa Farmers in Ghana Face a Turning Point
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As illegal gold mining destroys thousands of hectares of Ghanaian forest, a new EU deforestation law aims to clean up the chocolate supply chain. Yet with gold exempt from the same rules, experts warn the regulation risks overburdening smallholders while failing to stop environmental destruction.
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At daybreak in Begoro, in Ghana’s Eastern Region, Sammy Takyi walks slowly between rows of young cocoa trees. The soil is still cool. Broad plantain leaves hang above the tender seedlings, filte
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At daybreak in Begoro, in Ghana’s Eastern Region, Sammy Takyi walks slowly between rows of young cocoa trees. The soil is still cool. Broad plantain leaves hang above the tender seedlings, filte
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