Some aggrieved cocoa farmers are appealing to government to increase price of a bag of cocoa due to the rising cost of production.
They are complaining that the cost of farming inputs, Labourers and other services has outrageously increase.
Government announced Gh¢660 as farm-gate price for a bag of 64kg of cocoa for the 2021/2022 crop season.
The announcement was made at a news conference in Accra by Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture and Chairman of the Producer Price Review Committee.
Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto said in spite of the fall in the world market price of cocoa, among other factors, such as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy, Government has maintained the producer price at Gh¢10,560.00 per tonne, representing 87.15 % of the FOB value, as a demonstration of its commitment towards improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers.
According to him, Government is committed to sustaining the interest of cocoa farmers in the country to enable them produce more cocoa, enjoy remunerative incomes and improved well-being.
But some cocoa farmers in Sefwi Juaboso district in the Western north region have threatens of smuggling their cocoa products to neighboring Ivory coast if the government fails to increase cocoa producing price for 2022/2023 season.
Story by: Teacher Kojo / Ahotoronline.com
