{"id":116297,"date":"2026-02-21T11:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=116297"},"modified":"2026-02-21T11:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:13:20","slug":"inusah-fuseini-calls-for-stronger-cocoa-production-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=116297","title":{"rendered":"Inusah Fuseini calls for stronger cocoa production systems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has urged the government to establish robust systems to secure cocoa production, following protests by farmers in the Western North Region over the recent reduction of the cocoa producer price.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, February 19, 2026, farmers from districts including Sefwi Wiawso, Juaboso, and Bia West took to the streets, waving placards with messages such as \u201cRestore Our Price Now\u201d and \u201cCocoa Sustains Ghana, Don\u2019t Neglect Farmers.\u201d <\/p>\n

The demonstrators described the government\u2019s cut from GH\u00a23,625 to GH\u00a22,587 per 64\u2011kilogram bag as unfair, arguing that rising costs for labour, fertiliser and transportation mean the new price barely covers production expenses.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 Newsfile<\/em><\/strong> on Saturday, February 21, Mr Fuseini highlighted the government\u2019s ambition to expand cocoa processing, but stressed the need for guaranteed cocoa bean supply.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis Excellency the President is saying, look, we want to process our cocoa, but we must have cocoa beans before we can even process them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He drew attention to past challenges in meeting export obligations. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have seen in the past is that we have not even been able to fulfil contracts for export that we have entered into. We must put systems in place to ensure that we guarantee ourselves at least a minimum production of cocoa beans, to be able to say that we are going to produce 50% of the cocoa beans in this country. We should not be depending on gambling or lottering in this reform exercise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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