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Indigenous Salt ProductionOf Ghanaians
Local people of Apam
Local Salt Production in Ghana
Salt production in Ghana is one various means with which the indigenes earn a living without the use of any sophisticated technology. Salt in Ghana has been described as the white gold because the local people are making a lot of money from it production. It is for this reason that it is important that we understand the traditional ways with the indigenes produce their salt . At Apam in the central region of Ghana, the locals have created dugout along the coast where salty water is pumped from the lagoon in the dugout. The dugout are directly exposed to the direct sunlight. As the sun shines on the water , the salt crystallizes out of the water.