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COCOBOD failed farmers - World Bank report

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  • Ama 6 years ago

    So what role was the research and marketing department doing all this while.

  • Tomtom 6 years ago

    How come one person was paid C700,000,000 Gh cedis a month, this is absolutely stupid on the part of COCOBOD. My next move is to advise all farmers who can to smuggle all their produce to neighboring countries or cut their co ...
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  • Alhaji Tunde 6 years ago

    We don't need Cocobod. Let revenue collectors collect appropriate taxes from farmers and ask Cocobod officials to go and look for some work somewhere. Else, they should also go into farming and pay themselves the amounts they ...
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  • Alhaji Tunde 6 years ago

    I agree with u. If farmers are not given the chance to determine salaries of Cocobod officials, then they must smuggle their products outside Ghana. Adidi gya y3 ya. What stupid "monkey dey work, baboon dey chop" thing is thi ...
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  • Tomtom 6 years ago

    This report is 100% correct,if NPP does not do their home work well by abolishing all those silly expenses and pay the farmers well the same way NDC was booted they will follow the same way.COCOBOD should be abolished or red ...
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  • Mugu-Yaro. 6 years ago

    How much is the Chief Executive and board chairman (Hackman Owusu Agyeman) taking now? We are citizens and not spectators. Eyes are watching.

  • wisdom Adzogble 6 years ago

    this is absolute stupid ,these people are only thinking of themselves. But not we the farmers ,we will smuggle all our cocoa this year .fire burn them all

  • outlaw 6 years ago

    I didn't expect any less than what's is been reported by the world bank. We live in a country where everything has to be government involvement even in the private sector you have to have friends in public institutions before ...
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  • c.stephen sackey 6 years ago

    I am just puzzled by this same name recognition - Hackman.

    Is this new COCOBOD chairman related to another former COCOBOB chairman- late 60's -called UK Hackman?

    Weird coincidence, isn't it ?

  • Rogerb 6 years ago

    Could you please provide a link to the report you cite - there is no such on the World Bank website with the name 'Fiscal Consolidation to Accelerate Growth and Support Inclusive Development' . The real source is important to ...
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  • Paul 6 years ago

    Until the report is made available to the public for critical scrutiny, this information is considered, inadequate and incorrect.

    If you want to know more about how cocoa farmers negotiate the price of their produce, go t ...
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