President John Dramani Mahama has announced a major initiative to revive Ghana's cocoa sector by expanding cultivation by 200,000 hectares, promising incentives for farmers and a renewed national focus on agriculture. "Plans are underway to revamp the collapsed cocoa sector.
Incentives will be provided to our hardworking farmers to increase cocoa production.
We aim to add 200,000 hectares of cocoa to Ghana's output to increase the income of our farmers," President Mahama declared.
He also issued a call to action for citizens to take part in the drive: "So those of you who do not have cocoa farms, go and start looking for land and start planting cocoa." The announcement came during a stop in the Ahafo Region on Saturday, May 31, as part of President Mahama's nationwide Thank You tour-a multi-regional engagement that doubles as both a gratitude campaign and a platform for outlining his administration's renewed vision for development.
