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Steve Hanke, an American economist and professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, has accused the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) of cheating farmers. He noted that COCOBOD pays farmers only one-third of the market price for cocoa. In a post on his X page, Prof Hanke said “The Ghana Cocoa Board rips off Ghanaian farmers. The board pays farmers ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has challenged claims by the Minority in Parliament that it is swindling and cheating cocoa farmers. The Minority in Parliament at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, 25 July 2019 claimed cocoa farmers are worse off under the Akufo-Addo government compared to their situation under the previous John Mahama government. The Minority also accused ...