COCOBOD loses GH¢4.8 billion to galamsey at Boinso
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has lost GHS4.8 billion worth of investment in 35 hectares of cocoa farms to illegal mining (galamsey) activities at Boinso in the Western Region. The investment covered the planting of new cocoa trees and plantain suckers, compensations to landowners and farmers, extension services,…