Cocoa farmers want price restoration, not management pay cuts - Nyarko

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• Senegal 16 hours ago

  Pay cut should be not less than 50 percent

  Pay cut should be not less than 50 percent

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• Benji 15 hours ago

  R Kelly looking motherfucker. Don't care about cocoa farmers and want to score political points.

  R Kelly looking motherfucker. Don't care about cocoa farmers and want to score political points.

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• Mims 15 hours ago

  See mumu

  See mumu

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• Forlifive 14 hours ago

  Npp guys have become insane thinking backwards

  Npp guys have become insane thinking backwards

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• New Ghana 14 hours ago

  Will u pay for the difference on international market? U were paying farmers ghs3100 when international market was ghs12,000. So tell us how much u would have paid them now that the international price is ghs4,200? NPP, never ...
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  Will u pay for the difference on international market? U were paying farmers ghs3100 when international market was ghs12,000. So tell us how much u would have paid them now that the international price is ghs4,200? NPP, never again.

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• Adwoa Tsetseba 13 hours ago

  He is a villager. Don't mind this fool. Can't you see his hanging mouth? Just like my anus

  He is a villager. Don't mind this fool. Can't you see his hanging mouth? Just like my anus

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• Agbeli Kumordziì 12 hours ago

  Tell Akuffo Addo and the NPP establishment to pay their off their loan first then we can take it from there

  Tell Akuffo Addo and the NPP establishment to pay their off their loan first then we can take it from there

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• agyeman 11 hours ago

  GENERALLY, SALARIES OFFERED TO STAFF OF COCOBOD, SSNIT AND THE LIKE IS TOO HIGH. HOW CAN WE ALLOW THEM TO FEED FAT ON OTHER PEOPLE'S EARNING FOR JUST SHUFFLING PAPERS. IT SIMPLY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. I CALL IT PROFITEERING OFF ...
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  GENERALLY, SALARIES OFFERED TO STAFF OF COCOBOD, SSNIT AND THE LIKE IS TOO HIGH. HOW CAN WE ALLOW THEM TO FEED FAT ON OTHER PEOPLE'S EARNING FOR JUST SHUFFLING PAPERS. IT SIMPLY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. I CALL IT PROFITEERING OFF GENUINE HARD WORK OF OTHERS. DOES A PERSON WORK FOR 35 TO 40 YEARS WHEN HIS/HER SSNIT BENEFIT IS NOT UP TO ONE MONTH SALARY OF SSNIT BOSS. ITS ABOUT TIME THESE SALARIES ARE SLASHED DRASTICALLY. ON TOP OF THESE SALARIES THEY HAVE THE NERVE AND ARROGANCE TO MISUSE AND SOMETIMES STEAL GLARINGLY. IF SUCH APPOINTMENTS IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS REWARDS FOR PARTY THANK YOUS THEN IT IS TIME TO URGENTLY REVIEW COMPENSATIONS WHICH ARE A BIG DRAIN ON THE ECONOMY. HOW FOR EXAMPLE CAN YOU PAY A MEDIA PERSON ON ABOUT 2,500.00 PER MONTH 65,000.00 BECAUSE THEY INSULTED OTHER PERSONS FOR YOU TO COME TO POWER? CAN SOMEONE IN GOVERNMENT EXPLAIN TO GHANAIANS THE SENSE IN THIS ACT?????? ......AND ARE THESE RATES SUSTAINABLE? AND FOR HOW LONG? HONESTLY LEADERSHIP IS SICKENING IN GHANA. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHOSE IDEA THIS IS?

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• Bolt 10 hours ago

  I don’t blame you guys I blame the weak ndc government allowing you these criminals to be walking free

  I don’t blame you guys I blame the weak ndc government allowing you these criminals to be walking free

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• agyeman 10 hours ago

  ....AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT WE CONTINUE TO SWEAT, PAY TAXES FOR NON STARTERS TO ENJOY. REMEMBER, WHEN THE FOOLISH GETS WISER, THE GAME IS OVER. A WORD TO THE WISE.

  ....AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT WE CONTINUE TO SWEAT, PAY TAXES FOR NON STARTERS TO ENJOY. REMEMBER, WHEN THE FOOLISH GETS WISER, THE GAME IS OVER. A WORD TO THE WISE.

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• OGyam 6 hours ago

  For the benefit of those who argue blindly.
  Just read the reality on the ground.
  
  Historical Cocoa Prices (Annual Average/High)
  2010:
  $3,000–$3,200
  2011:
  $3,000–$3,100
  2012:
  $2,300–$2,400
  2013:
  $2,300 ...
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  For the benefit of those who argue blindly.
  Just read the reality on the ground.
  
  Historical Cocoa Prices (Annual Average/High)
  2010:
  $3,000–$3,200
  2011:
  $3,000–$3,100
  2012:
  $2,300–$2,400
  2013:
  $2,300–$2,500
  2014:
  $3,000–$3,100
  2015:
  $3,000–$3,200
  2016:
  $2,800–$3,000
  2017:
  $1,900–$2,100
  2018:
  $2,200–$2,300
  2019:
  $2,300–$2,400
  2020:
  $2,300–$2,400
  2021:
  $2,400–$2,500
  2022:
  $2,300–$2,400
  2023:
  $2,500–$3,200 (sharp rise late year)
  2024:
  $6,000–$10,000+ (historic highs)
  
  2025:
  $7,000–$11,000+ (peaked early, corrected late)
  2026 (Jan-Feb):
  $3,700–$5,000 (cooling off)
  
  
  
  Key Trends & Observations:
  
  The 2024-2025 Crisis: Prices experienced an unprecedented spike, driven by severe weather in West Africa (Ivory Coast and Ghana) and disease, pushing prices from under $4,000/tonne in early 2024 to over $10,000/tonne in April 2024 and early 2025.
  
  2026 Outlook: As of early 2026, prices have corrected from those peaks due to improved harvest outlooks and weaker demand, dropping to around $3,700–$5,000 USD/tonne by February 2026. However, analysts expect prices to remain "structurally higher for longer" compared to the pre-2023, $2,000–$3,000 range.
  
  Surplus/Deficit: The market is transitioning from severe deficits in 2023/24 to a projected surplus for the 2025/26 crop year.

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• Beto 6 hours ago

  Ahh it is true that common sense is not common to common people. How can a good reasoning person talk like this because of politics.
  This is purely administrative decision and it is not meant to appease cocoa farmers.
  Let� ...
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  Ahh it is true that common sense is not common to common people. How can a good reasoning person talk like this because of politics.
  This is purely administrative decision and it is not meant to appease cocoa farmers.
  Let’s respect ourselves and not fool because of politics

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