{"id":650816,"date":"2019-07-05T15:53:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:53:36","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div>\n            <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><figure><img width=\"696\" height=\"371\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/07\/ivory-coast-aligns-cocoa-sales-system-with-ghana-ccc-sources.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Iv"},"modified":"2019-07-05T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:53:36","slug":"audio-new-cocoa-pricing-to-improve-lives-of-farmers-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/05\/audio-new-cocoa-pricing-to-improve-lives-of-farmers-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio: New Cocoa pricing to improve lives of farmers in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"371\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/ivory-coast-aligns-cocoa-sales-system-with-ghana-ccc-sources.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ivory Coast aligns cocoa sales system with Ghana - CCC sources\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: Cocoa beans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=Y5cjpC6diBZP8c9WS\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is optimistic the new<br \/>\npricing mechanism announced by Ghana and Cote D\u2019Ivoire to be paid to cocoa farmers<br \/>\nwill improve their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Fiifi Boafo, the manager in-charge of the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, on Adom FM\u2019s morning show <strong>Dwaso Nsem<\/strong>, Friday said it will further cushion cocoa farmers who have already agreed to a minimum price for a tonne of cocoa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be very happy about this announcement and grab it. I want to urge our farmers that the Akufo-Addo government has farmers at heart and will never disappoint and I believe this will go a long way in improving the lives of our farmers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Adomonline\/jw-adomonline --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Former deputy GEPA CEOs reject A-G\u2019s report of impropriety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana and Cote D\u2019Ivoire have announced a US$400 per<br \/>\ntonne (Living Income Differential) to be paid to cocoa farmers.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting in Accra between the two countries together with global processors and buyers for the beans ended with a tentative price of US$2,600 for a tonne of cocoa on the world market.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries had a follow-up meeting in Abidjan with stakeholders to deliberate further on the challenges affecting the cocoa sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Video: Kwaw Kese goes \u2018mad\u2019 over 450-seater Parliament Chamber worth $200m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Boafo said the system takes into consideration a fixed living income differential which would provide farmers with a decent income.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA $400 per tonne has been instituted to guarantee the floor price,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This means for every tonne of cocoa sold, there is an addition of $400 that would go to the farmer.<\/p>\n<p>When the minimum price becomes effective, Mr Boafo noted, the two countries would no longer sell cocoa beans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '401391866884571',\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.3'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n  };<\/p>\n<p>  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: Cocoa beans The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is optimistic the new pricing mechanism announced by Ghana and Cote D\u2019Ivoire to be paid to cocoa farmers will improve their lives. 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