Tag Archives: COCOA

The Asantehene, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, says it was disheartening to see Ghana exporting raw Cocoa beans to the international market in the 21st century without adding value to them. According to him, farmers, players in the Agricultural value chain and the country’s economy gains very little from exporting raw …

A 62-year-old Farmer, Emmanuel Tetteh who doubles as a fetish priest at Assin Akwetey No2 in the Assin South District of the Central Region has been remanded for 3 weeks into police custody by the Assin Fosu District Court for allegedly killing his friend, Emmanuel Kofi Koranteng in a cocoa …

Mr Fuseini Bogrebon, an Agro Ecologist from Gundoug, a suburb of the Zanlerigu community in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region has defied all odds to grow cocoa in the area despite unfavorable dry weather conditions. Cocoa, mainly grown in the Southern part of the country, requires high …

The Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association has threatened to embark on a strike over continuous neglect by the government towards their welfare. According to the President of the Association, Stephen Anane Boateng, the Ghana COCOBOD has consistently failed to implement policies that will inure to their benefit, though they produce …

Ranking Member on the Finance Committee, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the 21 percent increase in the producer price for cocoa which has been pegged at GH¢800 per bag is too small. “That is way too small,” Mr. Forson said in a Citi News interview. Before this increase, Ghana had last increased …

Government has pegged the producer price for cocoa at GH¢800 per bag of 64kg. The new price takes effect from Friday, October 14, 2022, for the 2022-2023 crop season. This depicts a 21 percent increase from GH¢10,560 per tonne to GH¢12,800 per tonne. Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu …

Uncompetitive cocoa prices on the international market is forcing cocoa farmers in gold-producing areas to sell farmlands for illegal mining activities, the Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has said. The situation is rather disturbing, given cocoa has been the main cash crop that has been the backbone of the economy. …

Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has warned that Ghana might soon be unable to export cocoa and coffee to some international markets. According to Oppong Nkrumah, the ban might happen because of a new legislation in Europe. In a post shared on Facebook, the minister indicated that the government was warned …

Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board, Fiifi Boafo, says illegal mining activities in water bodies have compelled cocoa farmers to transport water from home to their various farms for use. This, he said, has led to a high cost of operations for cocoa farmers since they would …

Director of Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Professor Kwesi Aning, has asserted that notorious illegal small-scale mining kingpin, Aisha Huang is a Chinese spy who is waging economic warfare on the country. In a September 7 interview with Accra-based Joy FM, …