According to purchasers, local farmers, and representatives of the regulating organization Cocobod, Ghana's cocoa production is anticipated to increase during the 2024–2025 harvest season due to favorable weather. But problems like smuggling, sickness, and illicit gold mining still present threats.According to purchasers, local farmers, and representatives of the regulating organization Cocobod, Ghana's cocoa production is anticipated to increase during the 2024–2025 harvest season due to favorable weather. But problems like smuggling, sickness, and illicit gold mining still present threats.
A more than two-decade low was reached in June when the output of the second-largest cocoa producer in the world fell below 55% of its usual seasonal output. Due to comparable issues in neighboring Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, there has been a four-year supply shortage in the global cocoa market, which has caused the price of the essential component of chocolate to reach all-time highs.
Promotion Although an International Cocoa Organization official stated that they anticipate output of about 500,000 tons in the 2024–2025 season, Ghana now anticipates it to recover to 650,000 tons. Farmers are displaying healthier pods than the previous season because to better rainfall and sunshine, as well as the timely application of fertilizers and pesticides, more than 20 cocoa farmers, Cocobod officials, and local purchasers told Reuters. The head of Cocobod's cocoa health and extension section in the southeast of Ghana, Abdul-Majid Mumuni, stated: "The crop is fantastic; the trees are fruitful and you can count not
The head of Cocobod's cocoa health and extension section in the southeast of Ghana, Abdul-Majid Mumuni, stated, "The crop is amazing; the trees are productive and you can count not less than 50 pods per tree." Ocran Christopher, the secretary of a farmers' organization in Ghana's southeast Asamankese area, stated that from the start of this season in September, they have gathered 500 bags from their more than 72-hectare field, compared to roughly 820 bags during the 2023–2024 season.
