2025: A GREAT YEAR TO CLOSE DOWN COCOBOD Closing down Cocobod should be one of the first tasks of any new government in 2025. Why should we close down Cocobod ? First, some history. In 1937, farmers in the then Gold Coast (now Ghana) refused to continue selling cocoa at low prices set by European…
Ghana has lost more than a third of its 2023/24 cocoa output to smuggling, a top official from the cocoa marketing board (Cocobod) told Reuters, as low local prices and payment delays push some farmers to sell to increasingly sophisticated trafficking rings. Poor harvests in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s second-largest and largest producers,…
Workers from Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and its affiliated companies nationwide are currently participating in a tree-planting initiative to show their support for this year’s Green Ghana Day. Approximately 600 seedlings, including fruit and ornamental trees, were planted by volunteer employees in Accra, Hohoe, Takoradi, Tafo, Koforidua, Kumasi, Dunkwa, Agona Swedru, Sefwi Wiawso, and other…
