Tag Archives: COCOA FARMERS

The Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association has called for an immediate increase in cocoa prices for the upcoming planting season. The Association insists that farmers will accept no less than GH¢6,000 per tonne and warns of serious consequences if their demands are not met, citing the currently low cocoa prices in …

Cocoa farmers say they have been treated unfairly by COCOBOD Address issues regarding our pensions immediately, farmers to COCOBOD 60% of cocoa farmers in Ghana are poor, Research Members of the Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association (GNACOFA) boycotted this year’s farmers’ day celebration following what they described as the Ghana …

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to provide Free Primary Healthcare for all cocoa farmers if it forms the next government after the December elections. The NDC in its manifesto launched in Accra on Monday, 7 September 2020 said it will exempt all cocoa farmers from the …

The President of the Ghana Best Farmers’ Association, Nana Abraham Adusei has asked policymakers in the cocoa industry to actively involve cocoa farmers in decision-making processes. Addressing a members of the World Cocoa Farmers’ Organisation (WCFO) themed “Consolidating the Cocoa Farmer’s Voice – a Key to Sustainable Cocoa Production and …

Cocoa buying companies and farmer unions are being forced to adopt technological strategies to safeguard the lives of cocoa purchasing clerks from attacks by armed men. Robbers continue to target purchasing clerks in cocoa-growing communities in parts of Ghana, sometimes resulting in the loss of lives. The latest incident is …

Some cocoa farmers in the country have expressed disappointment in the government following increment of the price of cocoa from GH¢7,600.00 to GH¢8,240.00 a tonne and GH¢475.00 to GH¢515.00. According to them, the producer price of cocoa was not enough and would still worsen their economic welfare. The increment in …