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Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Deserve to Enjoy Fruits of Their Labour
Ghanaian Times, 10 October 2022
Cocoa farmers in the country must be the happiest group of people in the country today for two main reasons. Read more »
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Ghana: Govt Increases Cocoa Producer Price By 21 Percent
Ghanaian Times, 6 October 2022
The government has increased the cocoa producer price by 21 per cent for the 2022/2023 cocoa season. Read more »
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Ghana: Flavanol-Rich Cocoa Improves Exercise Capacity
Ghanaian Times, 21 September 2022
From 01 September 2022 my regular posts on the health benefits of cocoa have been on consumption of polyphenol-rich cocoa on exercise capacity and muscle function. The Vice… Read more »
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Ghana: Diversion of Farm Inputs - Cocobod Puts Security Agencies On Alert
Ghanaian Times, 22 August 2022
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has warned persons involved in fertiliser and agro-inputs diversion to desist from the practice or risk facing the full rigours of the law. Read more »
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Ghana: Global Price Dynamics Push Value of Ghana's Total Exports to U.S.$9 Billion in June 2022 - BoG Data
Ghanaian Times, 2 August 2022
The value of Ghana's total exports increased to about nine billion dollars in June 2022, from the 7.6 billion dollars recorded during the same time period in 2021. Read more »
How Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers Reap Sweet Fruits of Their Labour
The Ghanaian government made two major announcements that would greatly change the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in the country, Ghanaian Times reports.
The first announcement is the rolling out of the much-awaited Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme in October 2022. Trustees of the scheme will be moving from district to district, to register cocoa farmers onto the scheme, to enable them to enjoy the full benefit of their pensions.
The government has also announced an increase in the cocoa producer price to 21% for the 2022/2023 cocoa season. With this, a tonne of the commodity would now be sold at U.S.$1,204 (GH¢12,800) from U.S.$994,00 (GH¢10,560) per tonne. This translates into U.S.$75 (GH¢800) per bag from the U.S.$62 (GH¢660) for the just ended cocoa farming season and takes effect from October 7, 2022.
Cocoa is the chief agricultural export of Ghana and is its main cash crop. Ghana is the second largest cocoa exporter in the world, after Cote d'Ivoire.
