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How high gold prices are fueling a chocolate shortage

2025/3/19
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Anu Adeoye
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Michaela Tendera: 我是金融时报的Michaela Tendera,报道了黄金价格飙升对加纳经济的影响,特别是对可可产业的冲击。黄金和可可产业在加纳土地资源上存在竞争,高涨的黄金价格导致非法采矿活动增加,破坏了可可种植园,加剧了可可产业本已存在的危机,例如气候变化、投资不足和疾病等因素导致的产量下降。这不仅影响了加纳农民的生计,也导致巧克力价格上涨或巧克力变小。 此外,加纳可可委员会(COCOBOD)对可可价格的控制机制导致农民收益远低于市场价格,进一步加剧了他们的困境,使得他们更容易被高额的一次性付款诱惑,将土地用于黄金开采。 我们需要关注的是,全球投资决策对发展中国家产生重大影响,国际事件会直接影响到加纳当地社区。 Aanu Adeoye: 我是金融时报的西非和中非记者Aanu Adeoye,我亲身前往加纳,目睹了非法黄金开采对环境和当地社区的破坏性影响。非法采矿活动导致土地被挖掘、水体被污染,甚至可能导致加纳在2030年需要进口水资源。 许多参与非法采矿的人是被迫为生,因为加纳的高失业率和通货膨胀压力迫使他们寻找替代的谋生方式,即使这意味着冒着被捕的风险。高涨的黄金价格使得这种非法活动难以抑制。 我采访了一位农民Isaac Springprunk,他的农场被非法采矿者完全破坏,土地变得无法使用。非法采矿者不仅直接破坏农田,还以一次性付款的方式诱使农民放弃土地用于采矿,承诺事后会恢复土地,但这往往是无法实现的。 Susannah Savage: 我是金融时报的大宗商品记者Susannah Savage,我与Aanu一起报道了加纳可可产业的困境。近年来,加纳可可产量大幅下降,这与气候变化、投资不足和疾病爆发等因素有关。 然而,非法黄金开采对可可产业的冲击进一步加剧了这一危机。黄金矿藏和可可种植园经常位于同一地区,非法采矿活动直接破坏了可可种植园,导致产量下降。 虽然可可价格上涨,但加纳农民并没有从中受益,因为加纳可可委员会(COCOBOD)的价格设定机制导致农民的收入远低于市场价格。这使得他们难以维持生计,也更容易被黄金开采的诱惑所吸引。 为了解决这个问题,我们需要彻底改革COCOBOD的价格设定机制,让市场价格能够更直接、更快速地传导给农民。同时,政府也需要采取强有力的措施来打击非法黄金开采活动,保护可可种植园和环境。

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The rising price of gold is fueling illegal mining in Ghana, leading to environmental destruction and impacting cocoa production. Many are turning to illegal gold mining due to unemployment and economic hardship, exacerbating the problem.
  • Increased gold prices drive illegal mining in Ghana.
  • Illegal mining destroys cocoa farmland.
  • High unemployment pushes people towards illegal mining.
  • Environmental damage from mining threatens water resources.

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The surging price of gold is leading to some unexpected outcomes. The FT’s Aanu Adeoye traveled to Ghana to see how this is playing out** **among two of the country’s top commodities: gold and cocoa. Aanu and the FT’s Susannah Savage explain how the two commodities are linked and how it is impacting the people who live in the country.  

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For further reading:

How illegal gold mining is fuelling a chocolate shortage)

Food groups develop a taste for cocoa alternatives)

From London to New York via Switzerland: the booming trade in gold bars)

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