Large-Scale Gold Mining on Agriculture in Ghana: The Case of the Western Region ... Region, but looks at the broader effects of mining on agriculture in the whole region.
Eventually, the effects of mining began to harm a new industry developing in California's Central Valley during the mid-1800s. "The major impact it had was on agriculture, because the mining involved digging up the rivers and producing all this silt," Rohrbough says.
1. Introduction. Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils is an increasing environmental concern as a result of the rapid development of economic (Wu et al., 2022).Heavy metals, which are featured with high persistence and toxicity, can transport into the crops and vegetables, and pose potential risks to human health (Mahato et al., …
The Impact of Expanding Artisanal and Small-scale Mining on Small-scale Holder Agriculture in West Africa: A Case Study of Burkina Faso, Ghana and Sierra …
Goals / Objectives The overarching goal of this research is to understand the impact of frac sand mining (which is of growing concern in rural Wisconsin and Minnesota) on rural prosperity and agriculture. Because the frac sand boom was, to a large extent, unexpected and driven by new technologies in the gas and oil sector, rural communities and the …
Environmental impacts of mining have also been evident in Brazil, with some of the world's worst environmental disasters occurring in recent years. These include the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam of Samarco on November 5, 2015 in Mariana, where 50 million cubic meters of mine waste were released, with major effects on …
Although these practices are sound consistent to promote climate-smart agriculture, the results of the study suggest that the activities of illegal mining have had great implication on agriculture. Thus, illegal mining contests for agriculture space, and such contest affects the livelihood of people engage in agriculture.
The report reveals how mining, the fourth largest driver of deforestation, has indirect impacts on forest ecosystems through infrastructure, settlements, agriculture, contamination and illegal logging. It also …
Fred (2015) recounts that there is a growing concern about the real impact of the mining industry on agriculture in Ghana and other parts of the world. Large-scale mining and mineral exploration have displaced hundreds of thousands of rural dwellers in the developing world: the farmlands and ...
Read this exciting story from Farmer's Weekly March 11, 2022. Mining is often cited as environmentally destructive. Janse Rabie, head of natural resources at Agri SA, examines the impact of mining on agriculture in South Africa, the government's problematic legislation and its potential for corruption, and the steps required to remedy this situation.
Ayesu-Ntim A, Doso Jr.S, Tumasi-Ankrah B (2015) Effects of loss of agricultural land due to large-scale gold mining on agriculture in Ghana: The case of the Western Region. Br J Res 2: 196-221. [51] Loayza N, Rigolini J (2016) The local impact of mining on poverty and inequality: evidence from the commodity boom in Peru.
Understanding the effects of mining on ES requires identifying and conceptualising the full ES chain including four key components – supply, demand, flow and benefits (Figure 1) (Mandle et al., 2020; Villareal-Rosas et al., 2020).Extracting mineral resources results in removal or modification of areas of natural ecosystems (Castello …
Mining impact on agriculture. The rush for mining has had a massive impact on villages surrounded by the mines. For instance, in the village of Mayem, when fields were productive, they grew rice, chilli, kokum, beans, mango, caju (cashew) and coconut trees. Its water bodies used to be alive with gouti fish, crab, shrimp.
This article reviews the literature on how mining activities affect the supply, demand, flow and benefits of ES, and how these impacts vary across mining types and …
Gold mining effects are perceived as being less advantageous in districts where people are suffering from a lack of education, a higher vulnerability to drought and poor market access. ... reveals that communities in industrial mining districts subjectively experienced comparatively more problems with agriculture and water, while non …
The mining of minerals has contributed enormously to most African countries' economies. However, the activities involved in these sectors have turned to hunt our environment and human life due to the lack of regulation in this sector. This paper is a review of the effects of illegal mining on the environment, the economy and …
We selected three study communities to assess the effects of sand mining on agriculture using interviews with local farmers and soil analyses of mined and …
Our analysis provides evidence that there is loss in agricultural productivity due to mining activities. Apart from this, we observe a shift in livelihood from agriculture to mining related work. This social change is an indicator of rural development in the mining area, in spite of a reduction in agricultural productivity.
Compared with other causes of tropical deforestation, such as crop production or livestock farming, mining so far is a minor driver, but its growing importance has been emphasized in various case studies in the Amazon region (17, 20, 21) and in India ().The significance and geographical pattern of deforestation induced by mining across tropical forests …
The effects of climate change on agriculture will depend on the rate and severity of the change, as well as the degree to which farmers and ranchers can adapt. 7 U.S. agriculture already has many practices …
Better understanding of the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation is crucial to safeguarding forests. It is thought that around 73 per cent of deforestation is driven by commercial agriculture and subsistence agriculture, 10 per cent by urban expansion and infrastructure respectively, and 7 per cent by mining. 2 Research has …
Despite growing concerns for global food security and increasing demand for coal resources, there is little peer-reviewed literature on the impacts of longwall mining in prime agricultural areas. In this paper, we examined the present knowledge of subsidence impacts of longwall mining on agriculture and how this may be interpreted for specific ...
In this paper, we examined the present knowledge of subsidence impacts of longwall mining on agriculture and how this may be interpreted for specific locations such as Australia. The review found that subsidence affects soil properties, hydrology and topography. The main impacts on agriculture are altered soil and groundwater …
Conclusion: The study concludes that the effects of loss of agricultural land due to large-scale gold mining on food crop production in the mining communities can be substantial.
In this paper, we examined the present knowledge of subsidence impacts of longwall mining on agriculture and how this may be interpreted for specific locations …
The article reports how iron ore mining in Goa has destroyed agricultural land and fields by dumping waste material and silt. It also covers the legal and environmental issues surrounding the mining …
The evidence presented through out this research has shown the various impacts of mining activities on farmlands and the extent to which it has affected food production and security in towns in and around Kyebi in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
This paper explores the mining sector's impacts on forests, and the potential for 'forest-smart' mining policies and practices to support deforestation-free mineral supply chains. Image — Satellite image of the Carajás iron ore mine – the world's largest – in northern Brazil, 20 July 2017.
Impact of mining on farming Mining affects farming in different ways including loss of farm lands, competition for limited farm labor; increase cost of other farm inputs and environmental pollution which adversely affect the quality of farming in the mining area. Kapstein et al. (2011) revealed that the Ahafo Mining Project of Newmont Ghana Gold
1.4. Research objectives Generally, the study sought to research into the impact of galamsey operations on agricultural land and livelihood of farmers in Affiena community in the Wassa Amenfi West ...
Industrial mining projects can play an important role in global sustainable development if associated health risks are minimised and opportunities maximised. While a broad body of evidence from quantitative studies exists that establishes the interlinkages between mining operations and effects on public health, little research has been …
The impact of the mining activities is a major threat to qualitative food security and sustainable livelihoods in the area. Keywords: mine fields; farm and forest sites; ... This suggests that agriculture productivity is likely to decrease with increased mining activities, especially in the part of country where coping strategies are generally ...
Scale Gold Mining in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania Introduction This chapter provides another perspective on the impact of resource extraction on local economic growth by focusing on agricultural growth.1 The issue of interest is whether opening gold mines has spillover effects on the local econ-omy, especially on agriculture.
Mining reaps agricultural lands of their value, which creates many hardships in the lives of people living within the mines (Haddaway et al., 2019). Once the environment is destroyed, prices of most necessities such as food ... Fig. 4 below shows the mining effect on two different rivers (river Ankobra, left and River Aseesre, right) in Ghana ...