{
  "id": 12571175,
  "title": "Farmers protest destruction of their farm produce",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/farmers-protest-destruction-of-their-farm-produce",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T07:18:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghana Business News",
    "slug": "ghana-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2026/10/07/farmers-protest-destruction-of-their-farm-produce/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "More than seven hundred farmers in the Agona Kwesi Twikrom area of the Central region have been left without a means of making a living after an investor destroyed their farms. The investor, planning to cultivate pineapples on the land, employed heavily armed land guards to remove the diverse crops, including cocoa, coconut, oranges, palm trees, cassava, maize, garden eggs, peppers, and others. Two family members, Yaw Nkum and Yaw Fosu, claim to have sold the land to the investor without the consent of the entire family. At a press conference, former Assemblyman Albert Quainoo, an affected farmer, expressed the community's shock and dismay at the situation, noting that the farmers' sole source of income had been destroyed. He recounted how a 82-year-old woman passed away from shock upon hearing that her coconut plantation had been bulldozed. The affected farmers reported their distress to the Agona Swedru Divisional CID office of the Ghana police, but their pleas went unheeded. The farmers appealed to high-ranking officials, including the Minister of Interior, the Inspector General of Police, and the Director General of National Intelligence Bureau, to investigate the matter and provide compensation. Widows Ekua Sekyi and Efua Kyerewaa described their dire circumstances and pleaded for immediate intervention to prevent their families from facing hunger and other critical needs.",
  "summary": "More than 700 cash and food crop farmers at Agona Kwesi Twikrom in the Agona East District of the Central region have lost their only source of livelihood following the destruction of their farms by an investor. The post Farmers protest destruction of their farm produce appeared first on Ghana Business News .",
  "key_points": [
    "Seven hundred farmers in Agona Kwesi Twikrom area left jobless.",
    "Investor destroys diverse crops including cocoa, coconut, palm trees.",
    "Farmers appeal to high-ranking officials for compensation and investigation."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}