Government cannot fight galamsey with abysmal cocoa price – Chief

Nana Yaw Anobah said the government must make cocoa farming more profitable by increasing the price of cocoa to stop some farmers from selling their Cocoa farms to illegal miners due to the financial difficulties.1, GNA – Nana Yaw Anobah I, chief of Twifo Nsuakyi in the Twifo- Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region has appealed to government to increase the producer price of cocoa to help discourage farmers from selling their farms to illegal miners.

He appealed to the government to consider increasing the price to at least GH¢3,000 per bag, arguing that cocoa farmers were facing numerous challenges in their farming communities Madam Yaa Yeboah, a cocoa farmer highlighted the challenges they faced in cocoa production, including high cost of labour and called for greater government support.