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The farming process of cocoa can damage the environment depending on the practices of the farmer, as well as be limited by the environment itself. Global Climate Change , for example, causes longer drought seasons making it more difficult for farmers to plant and sustain new Cacao trees. [ 3 ]
A life cycle analysis study of the environmental impact of cocoa production in Ghana, the world's second largest producer of cocoa, shows that the majority of cocoa production in Ghana is not environmentally sustainable, [25] causing a variety of problems ranging from ozone layer depletion, water and soil contamination by pesticides.
Climate change is hitting yields of cocoa in Ghana and taking farmers “back to zero”, they have warned. Cocoa farmers in the Ahafo region of the west African country say climate change is ...
Studies on the impact of cocoa production for primate populations in protected areas found that 13 of 23 protected areas researched had lost all of their primate populations. [26] One area in particular, Mount Peko National Park, has seen dramatic forest destruction as a result of cocoa production. The forest destruction there was largely ...
In Ghana, the Sankofa project, which means “going back”, and is a switch from conventional chemical-using monoculture cocoa farming to a more traditional approach, aims to help farmers cope ...
Farmers are expanding into conservation areas where cocoa farming is banned, conservati. Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a ...
Cocoa beans and cocoa harvest processing. Ghana's cocoa production grew an average of 16 per cent between 2000 and 2003. [18] Cocoa has a long production cycle, far longer than many other tropical crops, and new hybrid varieties need over five years to come into production, and a further 10 to 15 years for the tree to reach its full bearing potential.
For more than 40 years, Jean Baptiste Saleyo has farmed cocoa on several acres of his family’s land in Ivory The post Cocoa farmers fear climate change lowering crop production appeared first on ...