Cocobod attributes low production of cocoa beans to bad weather

The Public Affairs Manager of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Fiifi Boafo, has attributed the decline in production to adverse weather conditions.

While acknowledging that rainfall is essential for cocoa production, he noted that the excessive precipitation experienced this season hindered the fruiting process, thus reducing the expected harvest.

“The major contributory factor for low cocoa production is the weather situation we’ve experienced this cocoa season

Giving more details, he said about 590,000 hectares of cocoa farms in Ghana have been affected by the said disease.

Given that, these farms are under rehabilitation and are not producing cocoa beans at the moment.

“At the moment, about 590,000 hectares of cocoa farms in Ghana have been affected by swollen shoot and so it is affecting production

Ghana, one of the world’s leading cocoa producers, has been grappling with declining cocoa production in recent years.