{"id":13655,"date":"2025-10-21T12:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13655"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:16:16","slug":"galamsey-threatens-agric-exports-eu-cautions-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13655","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey threatens agric exports \u2013 EU cautions Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"420\">The European Union (EU) has cautioned that Ghana\u2019s illegal mining menace, popularly known as\u00a0<em data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"312\">galamsey<\/em>, poses a grave threat to the country\u2019s agricultural exports due to mercury contamination in farm produce.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"659\">EU Ambassador to Ghana, Rune Skinnebach, expressed deep concern about the environmental and health risks associated with illegal mining, warning that polluted agricultural products could soon face restrictions on international markets.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"941\">\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want any consumer to have polluted goods or farm products. I wouldn\u2019t get Ghanaian or European consumers to eat sweet potatoes with mercury residues in them,\u201d Ambassador Skinnebach said in an interview with Joy FM. \u201cSo yes, it will impact your exports,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1207\">His remarks come amid growing calls from civil society, environmental groups, and development partners for the government to intensify efforts to combat illegal mining, which continues to devastate water bodies, farmlands, and forest reserves across the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1427\">Ambassador Skinnebach reaffirmed the EU\u2019s commitment to support Ghana in addressing the galamsey challenge but emphasised that lasting results will depend on strong political will and effective national coordination.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"1169\">\u201cWe\u2019re willing to help, but first and foremost, a political solution is required. Once we have that solution, we are ready to assist \u2014 be it with technology, regulatory frameworks, or other support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1334\" data-end=\"1456\">\u201cWe acknowledge the seriousness of the issue for Ghana and, as a long-standing partner, we are eager to help,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union (EU) has cautioned that Ghana\u2019s illegal mining menace, popularly known as\u00a0galamsey, poses a grave threat to the country\u2019s agricultural exports due to mercury contamination in farm produce. EU Ambassador to Ghana, Rune Skinnebach, expressed deep concern about the environmental and health risks associated with illegal mining, warning that polluted agricultural products could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":13656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3788,9,3922,41,13],"tags":[1909,4221,2658,3759],"class_list":["post-13655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-business","category-galamsey","category-general-news","category-health","tag-eu","tag-export-of-farm-produce","tag-galamsey","tag-ghana-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13657,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13655\/revisions\/13657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}