“The challenges being witnessed in the cocoa industry need urgent attention. Government must be up and doing with lasting solutions,” he stated. This accounts for the recent agitation by cocoa farmers who are waiting to be paid for bags of cocoa sold to the government. “If cocoa farmers continue to agitate over government’s inability to pay them on time, the consequential effects will be dire,” he pointed out. “Several cocoa farmers have threatened to sell their cocoa farms to galamsey operators if the current challenges are not addressed.

Source: GhanaWeb February 12, 2026 15:07 UTC