Ghana and Ivory Coast will today present a united position on a fixed minimum price to sell cocoa beans to over 300 representatives of cocoa buyers and processors from around the world. The move is aimed at making the two countries price determiners, and no longer price takers. Persons familiar with the matter said the […]
If Ghana had started setting aside 1 million cedis every year since the country began syndicating cocoa Loans, the country would have perhaps accumulated enough revenue to wean herself off the annual borrowing for cocoa beans purchases. That is the opinion of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ayensuano in the Eastern […]
Ghana’s former ambassador to India and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) strongman, Sam P. Yalley fears the worst may happen to the country and the economy if cocoa farmers decide to revolt. He is premising his claim on the fact that government has not treated cocoa farmers fairly, explaining on a radio discussion programme monitored […]
National Democratic Congress (NDC) bigwig, Sam P. Yalley is urging government to ensure the processing of the country’s cocoa beans for exports in order to allow for value addition and to maximize the potential of the sector. ‘’For how long are we going to stay where we are and don’t do what is right? If […]
Managing editor of the insight newspaper and pan Africanist, Kwesi Pratt Junior has said cooking with tin tomatoes and tinapa (Sardine) makes the meal sexy. Mr. Pratt who was contributing to a radio discussion on the plight of cocoa farmers in the country on an Accra based radio station opined that the cocoa farmers spend […]
The Minority in Parliament has chided government for its poor handling of the Cocoa Sector and described figures released by the Minister for Agriculture and the Ghana Cocobod as the proce of the commodity on the world market as false. The Minority which held a press conference today with a focus on the producer price […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) minority in parliament is poised to hold a press conference in the Brong Ahafo Regional Capital, Sunyani tomorrow, October 3, 2018 on the cocoa sector. The NDC is accusing the government and Ghana Cocobod of making cocoa farmers worse off with the decision to maintain the price per ton of […]
