On a cocoa farm in Manfo in Ghana's Ashanti Region, a middle-aged farmer dressed in black trousers and a red Lacoste shirt pours droplets of Aceta Star 46 EC into a yellow container.
He mixes the contents with his bare hands for about three minutes before loading the chemical into a spraying machine for application on cocoa trees.
Aceta Star 46 EC contains acetamiprid and bifenthrin as its active ingredients.
While acetamiprid is restricted in some countries, bifenthrin is outright banned in the European Union (EU).
