More Chocolate Coming? Ghana Secures Land for Cocoa Growth

Ghana Rushes to Save Chocolate Future – Gov’t Seizes Land for Cocoa Crisis Fix

(Exclusive Reuters report on Ghana’s bold move to rescue its cocoa industry)

Chocolate Emergency in Ghana

🍫 200,000 soccer fields of land being taken for new cocoa farms
📉 Production HALVED – From 1 million tons to just 500,000 tons
🌡️ Climate change + illegal miners destroying cocoa trees

Why Your Chocolate Bars Cost More

🛑 Crisis Causes:

1. Rising global temperatures
2. Cocoa tree diseases spreading
3. Illegal gold miners wrecking farms
   💸 Result: World chocolate prices hitting record highs

Ghana’s Survival Plan

✅ Gov’t taking control of land to plant new cocoa trees
🤝 Working with small farmers to boost harvests
📅 Goal: Finish land grab by end of 2024

(Source: Reuters – First to report Ghana’s cocoa rescue mission)

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghanas-government-acquire-land-cocoa-plantations-2025-05-16