Business News of Friday, 3 April 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comThree cocoa farmer-cooperatives in Nkonya receive certificate to operateThe recipient of the certificates in a group photographCorrespondence from Western RegionAs part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa Farmers, the institution has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities in the country to come together as a vibrant community-based Cocoa Farmers Cooperatives. This, according to COCOBOD will help the farmers to access agro-inputs and other facilities from them directly. He stated that, "there are laws governing you, and a copy has been added to your certificate to guide your operations". He advised the three Cooperative Groups to establish group Cocoa Farms, to serve as a source of finance for the Cooperatives. He pledged his maximum support for all the three cooperatives and encouraged them that, “this is the beginning of a great thing to happen” and that, Nkonya should continue to make Ghana proud in Cocoa Farming.

Source: GhanaWeb April 03, 2020 13:30 UTC