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Cocobod grapples with cocoa farmers' associations

Communications between the cocoa sector regulator and the main bean producer organisations have become strained. The latter reproach the public body for not consulting them, particularly on the re-evaluation of the on-farm price, unchanged since 2019. [...]

Published on 22.09.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) headquarter, in Accra.

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