Cocoa farmers in the Ashanti, Ahafo, and Western North regions are concerned about the drop in cocoa producer pricing for the 2025/26 season. Farmers claim that the ruling will have a detrimental impact on their income and family well-being.
The farmers are outraged by the price drop, which has been reduced from GHc3,625 to GHc2,587 per bag, and they blame the government and the Ghana Cocoa Board for failing to defend their interests.
Cocoa production is still an important source of revenue for thousands of homes in Ghana’s cocoa-producing regions. However, farmers fear that the most recent producer price will exacerbate their already precarious living conditions.
Agnes Badu, a cocoa farmer in the Ahafo Region, believes that the pricing decrease would hinder her capacity to support her children through school after decades of working in the industry.
“I have worked as a cocoa farmer for 40 years. With the recent fall in cocoa prices, I can no longer afford to pay my children’s tuition. The previous government paid us somewhat better, but the price has since been lowered, jeopardising our income. We don’t even know where to direct our complaints. “
Abena Pokua, from the Ashanti Region, says the situation is deteriorating, and the price drop will have an impact on fundamental household needs.
“We don’t have enough money to buy nice food. We suffer on the farm to feed our families, but the government has slashed the price of cocoa. Our lives are at risk.”According to Kwame Duah, a farmer in the Western North Region who has been in cocoa cultivation since 1985, the current decline is unheard of.
“I began cultivating cocoa in 1985. Every government has managed cocoa pricing in some form throughout the years, but this cut for the 2025/26 season is unprecedented. It has harmed my family and the workers I collaborate with.”
The farmers are appealing to the government to immediately examine the cocoa producer price and provide assistance to offset rising production costs.
Source: myjoyonline
