Farmers invited to explore other sources of income

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A member of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Nana Adwoa Dokua urged cocoa-producing women to look beyond cocoa farming as their only source of income.

According to Nana Adwoa Dokua, these women may need additional income to support themselves, especially when they face problems in the agricultural sector.

Nana Adwoa Dokua, also an ambbadador for the Women in Cocoa and Chocolate Network (WINCC), urged these women farmers to develop skills in other areas, including the production of various finished cocoa products.

Picture: Nana Adwoa Dokua

She pointed out that women can make various products from cocoa sweat, including jams and marmalades, beverages, cocoa liquor and soap potash, among others.

Nana Adwoa Dokua spoke at a forum on women in cocoa and chocolate in Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region organized jointly by Solidaridad West Africa through its Women in Cocoa Network and chocolate and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).

A total of 300 women cocoa producers participated in the Women's Cocoa and Chocolate Network (WINCC) forum on the occasion of International Women's Day.

The theme of the forum was "The Balance for Improving Cocoa Production, Consumption and Sustainable Livelihoods".

It has provided a platform for cocoa women to connect, learn and share lessons that ultimately empower them.

Suzan-Hermina Yemidi, representative of Solidaridad in the country, congratulated women for their contribution to the growth of the cocoa sector in Ghana.

She revealed that as part of the cocoa consumption campaign in Ghana, Solidaridad, through Women in Cocoa and Chocolate, is exploring ways to empower women in the cocoa sector to develop cocoa products. .

Isaac Awuah, managing director of Upper Denkyira, said the city badembly would create a soap-making plant under the government's district (a district, a factory) (1D1F) policy.

According to him, the plant should use cocoa pods to make soap.

Mr. Awuah encouraged women to take advantage of the plant's location to turn their cocoa husk into potash for sale to the company when it begins to produce to earn additional income .

Cocoa farmer Abena Yeboah of Berekum has expressed her willingness to explore various opportunities to increase cocoa revenues.