Assin North Cocoa Farmers Demonstrate Over Price Cuts

2026 SONA: Mahama reiterates commitment to transform Ghana's cocoa sector

President John Mahama has outlined reforms to transform Ghana’s cocoa sector and ensure fair prices for farmers. He also defended the recent producer price cuts.

SONA 2026: Revising cocoa producer price was a difficult decision to take - President Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has admitted cocoa producer price cut was a tough but necessary decision for ghana's wellbeing.

Reducing Cocoa Producer Price Difficult but Necessary – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has described the government’s decision to reduce the cocoa producer price as a difficult but necessary measure to protect Ghana’s economic stability. The government recently announced a downward review of the cocoa producer price to GH¢41,392 per tonne, equivalent to GH¢2,587 per bag, for the remainder of the 2025/2026 crop season. Delivering his 2026 State of the Nation Address in Parliament, President Mahama expl…

Assin North Cocoa Farmers Demonstrate Over Price Cuts

Some of the aggrieved cocoa farmers   Aggrieved cocoa farmers in the Assin North District of the Central Region have registered their displeasure over the reduction in the cocoa producer price for the remainder of the 2025/2026 crop season by staging a demonstration to protest the development. The protesters cited, among other reasons, that the new cocoa price will lower their standard of living, negatively affect the welfare of their households…

Absence of price stabilisation fund leaves cocoa and gold exposed

By Kizito CUDJOE The recent 28.63 percent reduction in producer price for cocoa has reignited debate over the country’s ability to shield its key revenue earners from market shocks, with the Co-Chair of Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) Dr. Steve Manteaw, warning that the economy remains dangerously exposed without a functioning price stabilisation mechanism. He cautioned that the same structural weakness now affecting…