Audio Report: When the last cocoa tree dies

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.

Listen to audio report…

https://soundcloud.com/kofi-adu-domfeh/when-the-last-cocoa-tree-dies