The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahene Aidoo, is predicting tough times for the country’s cocoa sector.
Mr Aidoo expressed deep concerns about the potential loss of cocoa yield due to shifting weather patterns, anticipating significant declines in production, potentially amounting to thousands of metric tons.
He highlighted the impact of extreme weather conditions on Ghana’s cocoa production outputs, which he forecasts will be negatively affected.
“Our cocoa farms have been affected by the extremes of the weather conditions caused by excessive rains and then excessive dryness. It is definitely going to affect production. But it is only coming to exacerbate an existing systemic problem.
Systemic problems had to do with cocoa swollen shoot disease. That is the main driver of the decrease of production of cocoa in Ghana.
”Mr. Aidoo’s remarks also indicate the urgent need for proactive measures to address the dual challenges of climate change and cocoa diseases to safeguard the future of Ghana’s cocoa sector.
