Light crop cocoa season opens on Friday

Accra, June 26, GNA - Ghana Cocoa Board has announced that the 2008 light crop cocoa season would commence on Friday, June 27. A statement signed by Mr Isaac Osei, Chief Executive, said the producer price to be paid at all buying centres was GH¢36 per load of 30 kilograms for Grade I and II cocoa beans ex-scale or GH¢75 per bag of 64 kilograms gross.

One tonne of 16 bags would fetch GH¢1,200, the statement said.