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Ghana’s parliament just passed a jaw-dropping bill that could send cocoa farmers to prison for up to 20 years if they change land use without government approval—turning cocoa farms into protected zones with criminal penalties for even minor alterations. Farmers are furious, arguing they pour their own money, sweat, and time into these plots with little state support, while the law harshly targets illegal gold mining on cocoa land with steep fines and decade-long sentences. Amid global cocoa price swings—from $12,000 to $4,000 per metric ton—the move underscores the government’s desperate bid to stabilize production, but tensions are rising as the president still needs to sign it into law, forcing a high-stakes showdown between national crop security and farmer survival.

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