Cocoa farmers urge review of Bill before presidential assent
Cocoa farmers have urged the Government to delay assent to the Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026, pending wider consultations.
Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026, which was passed by Parliament in July, is awaiting presidential assent. The legislation grants protected status to all cocoa farms and prohibits their conversion to other uses without approval from COCOBOD. It also prohibits the destruction of cocoa trees except under approved rehabilitation programmes.
However, the Ghana Cooperative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Association Limited has urged the government to delay assent to the Bill pending wider consultations. Association Administrator Moses Djan Asiedu expressed concerns over provisions that could affect farmers seeking alternative uses for cocoa farms that had become economically unproductive.
He highlighted that inadequate understanding of the legislation among farmers could heighten uncertainty, particularly in communities where cocoa production had become difficult due to declining yields and other farm-level challenges.
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