Cocoa farmers' choice of alternative livelihood in mining ...
Mining and cocoa production are important livelihoods for people in Ghana, particularly in rural communities like Upper Denkyira West District. However, mining activities can …
Read MoreMining and cocoa production are important livelihoods for people in Ghana, particularly in rural communities like Upper Denkyira West District. However, mining activities can …
Read MoreIllegal mining is not only dangerous to human life but the other living organisms which support human existence, thus, in turn destroying the ecosystem. Galamsey activities are responsible for deforestation and soil erosion in most of the mining communities which Denkyira corridor is no exception. This study therefore investigated factors that influence ones decision to participate in illegal ...
Read MoreMoratorium on galamsey mining: We would like to plead with you to lobby the government to implement a 12-month suspension of all mining activities in the two Districts (Upper Denkyira East and Upper Denkyira West), in conformity with the recent proposition by the Okyehene, Amoatia Ofori Panin.
Read MoreChiefs and people say they wake only to see trucks and excavators moving into to the reserve with reports rife Upper Denkyira West District indigenes, state officials and politicians are complicit in the illegal mining activities (galamsey) of the Chinese violators.
Read MoreThe Wassa Amenfi East and Upper Denkyira East Districts in Ghana, have experienced extensive land cover changes for the past eleven years, mostly due to small-scale and illegal mining activities and accelerated urbanisation. This study therefore sought to identify and quantify the land cover changes in the study areas.
Read MoreIt is, therefore, crucial for sustainable land reclamation initiatives to be implemented to equip mining communities with skills to improve their economic activities. This will also ensure that these areas do not become ghost towns at the cessation of mining activities. Eric Twum, Agricultural Director of the Upper Denkyira …
Read MoreDenkyira Mining Activities. The Manado based environmental group, Yayasan BinaFACTORS INHIBITING ILLEGAL MINERS IN THE UPPER Upper Denkyira West And East MiningmitteesDenkyira Mining Activities Jul 28, 2015· According to Dr. Aubynn, the Upper Denkyira East and West and its environs is undoubtedly one of the hubs of ASM mining activities in the country and it is confronted …
Read MoreThe Chief, who is also the Adontenhene of Denkyira also called for the setting up of a Minerals Commission office in Dunkwa -On- Offin to help facilitate administrative and operational activities concerning mining and help give true meaning to the town which is known for mining in the Central Region and the country at large.
Read MoreUpper Denkyira West District was curved out from the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, by a legislative instrument, LI 201 in the year, 2006. The District has a population of about31, 300. About 80% of the farming population works on cocoa as a cash crop on commercial basis, maize, cassava, cocoyam, plantain, vegetables etc to feed the ...
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Read Morecommunities like Upper Denkyira West District. However, mining activities can have negative impacts on cocoa production and access to basic necessities for the sustenance of the people. This study sought to investigate cocoa farmers' perception of the impact of mining on socio- economic activities
Read MoreThe activities of the miners will be suspended for that period. We want to first come up with modalities to safeguard the miners." ... where five persons died when they were trapped in a mining pit at Ayamfuri in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central region. 15 others who were also trapped in the cave sustained varied injuries after ...
Read MoreIllegal mining activities have left many forest reserves in the Upper Denkyira West District depleted. With the aim of restoring Ghana's forest, Perseus Mines is planting 10,000 trees at ...
Read MoreThe Upper Denkyira East Municipality is one of the seventeen Administrative Districts of the Central Region. It lies within latitudes 5°, 30°and 6°.North of the equator and longitudes 1° W and 2°W of the Greenwich Meridian. ... Many of the areas hit by illegal mining activities have been degraded. There are abandoned mined-out pits, heaps ...
Read MoreHowever, a recent fact-finding mission to Denkyira-Bremang, by DAILY GHANAINAN GUIDE established that the Adio Mabas Ghana Limited entered into a contractual agreement with Perseus Mining Ghana Company Limited to start drilling and exploration activities by placing red banners and pegs on the farmers' lands.
Read MoreThe repeat transmission survey conducted in 2013 in the same area revealed that the vector S. sanctipauli had apparently disappeared from the rivers Ofin and Pra due to gold mining activities. In 2006 and 2013, we conducted surveys using structured questionnaires to address issues related to compliance and to compare results on the ...
Read MoreThe Chief, who is also the Adontenhene of Denkyira also called for the setting up of a Minerals Commission office in Dunkwa -on'- offin to help facilitate administrative and operational activities with respect to mining and help give true meaning to the town which is known for mining in the Central Region and the country at large.
Read MoreUpper Denkyira West And East Mining Inaugurate Committees. Two Small-Scale Mining Committees in the Central Region were at the weekend inaugurated by Dr. Toni Aubynn, CEO of the Minerals Commission, for and on behalf of the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Nii Osah Mills. At the inaugural ceremony of the Upper Denkyira East Municipal ...
Read MoreThree persons engaged in galamsey activities were killed when an illegal mining pit caved in at Denkyira Breman in the Upper Denkyira West district of …
Read MoreIllegal gold mining activities contribute tremendously to the local economy of the communities within which the practice is conducted. Despite such developments, its activities come with several environmental, economic, developmental and societal and educational challenges that governments, environmentalists, and educationalists have fought several decades to overcome.
Read MoreMinerals Commission begins probe into Breman mining pit collapse. The Minerals Commission has begun investigations into the mining accident that occurred on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at Denkyira Breman/Brofoyedu in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region. Dozens of miners are reported trapped in the illegal mining pit.
Read Morethe Upper Denkyira East District have not registered. Based on this fact, the study sought ... expansion of illegal gold mining activities in regions of eastern Indonesia such as North Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula. The Manado based environmental group, Yayasan Bina
Read MoreNana Nkyereyeh II, who doubles as the Adontenhene of Denkyira also called for the setting up of a Minerals Commission office in Dunkwa-on-Offin to help facilitate administrative and operational activities to give true meaning to the town which is noted for mining in the Central Region and the country at large.
Read MoreMining and cocoa production are important livelihoods for people in Ghana, particularly in rural communities like Upper Denkyira West District. However, mining activities can have negative impacts on cocoa production and access to basic necessities for the sustenance of the people. This study sought to investigate cocoa farmers' perception of the impact of mining on socio- economic ...
Read MoreThe Chief, who is also the Adontenhene of Denkyira also called for the setting up of a Minerals Commission office in Dunkwa -on'- offin to help facilitate administrative and operational activities with respect to mining and help give true meaning to the town which is known for mining in the Central Region and the country at large.
Read MoreThree persons engaged in galamsey activities were killed when an illegal mining pit caved in at Denkyira Breman in the Upper Denkyira West district of the Central Region. According to DSP Irene Oppong, Public Relations Officer of the Regional Police Command said the Police at Denkyira Dominase received information around 06:50hrs on Wednesday ...
Read MoreThe Police have arrested three Chinese illegal miners at Denkyira a village near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region Three Ghanaian accomplices were also The arrests by the inter ministerial taskforce on illegal mining and the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is part of an ongoing clampdown on destructive mining activities at .
Read MoreOdiamono Ntri Twum Barimah II, the Kontihene of the Denkyira Traditional Area, has observed that the ban on small-scale mining has brought trading and other economic activities in …
Read MoreHowever, mining activities can have negative impacts on cocoa production and access to basic necessities for the sustenance of the people. This study sought to investigate cocoa farmers' perception of the impact of mining on socio- economic activities in Upper Denkyira West District and the determinants of their choice of alternative livelihoods.
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