The former Executive Director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Dr Charles Nyaaba, has expressed worry about the growing number of youth in mining communities abandoning farming to engage in illegal mining activities, popularly referred to as galamsey.
Speaking at a thought leadership forum organised by Media General in Accra on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, he indicated that the illegal mining activities threaten the country's food production. "Majority of the youth have moved to galamsey because it fetches them money, our agric is virtually left in the hands of the aged.
The issue of galamsey on food production is something we can't doubt.
In a few years, or 10 years to come we will not have any agricultural activities in the galamsey areas," he noted.