Indiscriminate sand winning activities is fast degrading arable farmlands in the Offinso district of the Ashanti region. Farmers in the area are counting their losses as the miners besiege their farms with no prior notice to excavate sand from the parcel of land. Major staples like rice grown in the district are under siege. The Offinso district is known to be one of the food baskets in the Ashanti region, producing a variety of crops including rice, maize, cassava, among others. But the production of these essential food items is threatened by activities of indiscriminate sand winning.