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Company News on Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Source: ABCnewsgh.com
2019-07-23
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A group of farmers calling themselves the Ghana Farmers Association (CFAG) is calling on the government to dissolve the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) with immediate effect.
Earlier this year, the Ghana Affiliated Farmers Association (CFAG) called on the government to step in and put an end to cocoa harvesting by replacing them with planting and cultivation activities. rubber extraction.
The group stated that COCOBOD's position on tree cutting, coupled with their lack of interest in protecting cocoa trees, affected the progress of the cocoa industry in the country.
"We do not have cocoa. 5,000,000 trees will be cut down. Tomorrow, negotiations will continue in the Eastern Region, 500 acres will be destroyed. They protect the price and not the trees »
"COCOBOD does nothing to protect cocoa trees in this country. COCOBOD should be dissolved because it's like a fraud for us farmers. We do not see what they do. See you in Ivory Coast to see how their cocoa farmers live and compare it to Ghana, "a representative of the farmers told reporters.
During a radio interview, the president of the badociation, Nana Oboadie Opambour Boateng Bonsu, added that the group was convinced that the government had abandoned its role in educating cocoa farmers. the protection of cocoa trees.
"We even teach farmers to protect cocoa trees. Cocobod does not do anything. Are we the ones who use our money and what do we have from the government? Nothing, he says angrily.
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