GCCP Raises Concerns Over New Cocoa Producer Price for 2025/2026 Season
The Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has expressed mixed feelings over the government’s recently announced cocoa producer price for the 2025/2026 season, describing the increase as misleading and insufficient to uplift the livelihoods of cocoa farmers.
In a press statement issued today, the platform acknowledged the announcement of a new farmgate price of USD $5,040 per metric tonne, which government sources claim reflects a 62% increase from last season’s USD $3,100. However, the GCCP argues that this comparison is misleading when translated into local terms, as the actual increase in Ghanaian cedi amounts to just 4.1%, rising from GH¢3,100 to GH¢3,228.75 per 64-kg bag.
Discrepancies in Pricing Commitments
The group further expressed disappointment over what it described...