Tag: COCOBOD
ICU-Ghana, GAWU commends government initiative to reform COCOBOD
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) and the General Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) have commended the Government for outlining…
Government’s cocoa price cut ‘illegal’, must be reversed immediately — Afenyo-Markin
Minority Leader, Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has criticised the government’s decision to reduce the cocoa producer price from GH¢3,625 to GH¢2,587 per bag, describing it…
COCOBOD implements salary cuts for top executives
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has implemented immediate salary reductions for its executive management and senior staff in a decisive move…
Why Ghana’s cocoa has suddenly become expensive
On 3rd October 2025, the government increased the cocoa producer price to GH¢3,625 per 64 kg bag (GH¢58,000 per tonne). This…
Cocoa farmers demand timely payments as government deepens support
Cocoa farmers in the Eastern Region have asked the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and the government to speed up payments…
The cocoa conundrum: Why Ghana’s farmers are poor despite making the world’s best chocolate
Every so often, you come across an economic situation so perverse, so utterly divorced from basic market logic, that you…