{"id":465287,"date":"2018-02-18T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/cocoa-roads-must-be-built-in-cocoa-growing-communities-farmers\/"},"modified":"2018-02-18T05:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T05:00:28","slug":"cocoa-roads-must-be-built-in-cocoa-growing-communities-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/cocoa-roads-must-be-built-in-cocoa-growing-communities-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa roads must be built in cocoa growing communities \u2013 Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Sunday, 18 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-18<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/73573406.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cocoa Road 620x330\" title=\"Cocoa Road 620x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File Photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518930028_320_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Cocoa Producers have urged government to prioritize the construction of cocoa roads in the hinterlands.<\/p>\n<p>According to the president of the Cooperative Cocoa Farmers Association at Offinso, Alex Opoku Mensah, this will reduce the losses associated with the delays in transporting their produce.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy CEO of COCOBOD, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah, recently disclosed that the ongoing audit of cocoa roads in the country must be completed before new contracts are awarded.<\/p>\n<p>But, Mr. Opoku Mensah tells Citi Business News government must expedite the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a problem with the cocoa roads. When government talks of cocoa roads, we expect it to refer to roads from where cocoa is produced. The hinterlands, that\u2019s where the roads should be constructed,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently we feel the cocoa roads are being constructed in the urban centers, which doesn\u2019t augur well for us the cocoa farmers. So government should focus on constructing the cocoa roads in the hinterlands for us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Audit of cocoa roads to end in May.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo in July 2017 announced that the company was halting the construction of cocoa roads.<\/p>\n<p>The halt, was to allow the company conduct a full audit into all road contracts to ensure that it does not strain its finances.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Sunday, 18 February 2018 Source: citifmonline.com 2018-02-18 File Photo Cocoa Producers have urged government to prioritize the construction of cocoa roads in the hinterlands. According to the president of the Cooperative Cocoa Farmers Association at Offinso, Alex Opoku Mensah, this will reduce the losses associated with the delays in transporting their produce. 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