{"id":7359,"date":"2025-05-19T18:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/?p=7359"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:55:57","slug":"ghanas-cocoa-exports-face-imminent-risk-without-scaled-up-investment-jinapor-urges-cost-cutting-measures-by-cocobod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/ghanas-cocoa-exports-face-imminent-risk-without-scaled-up-investment-jinapor-urges-cost-cutting-measures-by-cocobod\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s cocoa exports face imminent risk without scaled-up investment\u2026 Jinapor urges cost-cutting measures by COCOBOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7360\" style=\"width: 177px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7360\" src=\"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4703.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"285\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana\u2019s cocoa industry under pressure as production and competitiveness decline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adnan Adams Mohammed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s cocoa sector may face major foreign exchange setbacks unless swift investments are made to boost large-scale production.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is the warning from the Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, Jeroen Verheul, who has called for an urgent reset of the country\u2019s cocoa industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He warns that Ghana risks losing its global competitiveness to emerging producers like Ecuador and Brazil if long-standing structural issues in the sector are not urgently addressed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch envoy was speaking to Channel One Business on the sidelines of a high-level public-private dialogue in Accra on Ghana\u2019s readiness for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador stressed that compliance with EU sustainability directives and increased productivity through large-scale farming will be key to maintaining Ghana\u2019s market share and safeguarding crucial forex earnings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For him, any decline in Ghana\u2019s global competitiveness could trigger broader macroeconomic consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf production is going down as it is going down right now, then that means there is less export of cocoa and less foreign exchange earned by farmers and less foreign exchange earned by the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s a threat to the economy if production if going down so there is an imperative for the Ghana economy to maintain the cocoa sector, to invest in it, to make it more productive to make it more competitive,\u201d Jeroen Verheul said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As an intervention, the International Trade Centre (ITC) is also taking proactive steps to help Ghana align its cocoa production with international standards to avoid future market rejections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Larry Attipoe National Coordinator for the Centre\u2019s value chain initiatives in Ghana said this is expected to strengthen Ghana\u2019s cocoa value chain and ensure long-term export viability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe bring information such as what it takes you to produce to meet international demands [and] meet all the specifications,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, is deeply concerned over the sharp decline in cocoa production and the rising debt burden within the sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the inauguration of an 11-member board of directors for COCOBOD, Jinapor highlighted that the sector\u2019s debt has ballooned from GH\u20b5400 million in 2017 to a staggering GH\u20b52.6 billion\u2014a development he described as alarming and deserving of urgent attention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOCOBOD, just like the energy sector, has been in the news for some disturbing reasons. From a debt of 400 million in 2017, the debt is now projected at 2.6 billion, which is very worrying, and all of us ought to be very concerned about the state of COCOBOD,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also lamented the drop in cocoa production, which, according to him, has declined from about one million metric tonnes in 2016\/2017 to roughly 500,000 metric tonnes, and is continuing on a downward trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround 2016\/2017, cocoa production hit around one million. Now it\u2019s declined to around 500. That is quite worrying and is even going down further, just like oil production,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jinapor urged the new board to prioritise cost-cutting measures and operational efficiency, staying true to COCOBOD\u2019s core mandate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA trim in costs, bringing about efficiency and deal particularly in what COCOBOD was established to do. That is to ensure that we increase cocoa production and add value to our cocoa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the inclusion of key financial leaders, such as the Finance Minister and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, on the board is meant to enhance fiscal discipline.Ghanaian food recipes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presence of the finance minister and the Governor of BoG, Dr Johnson Asiama, is to check fiscal slippages, which can affect its monitoring side. So you ought to ensure that there is a high level of discipline,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing confidence in the newly constituted board, Jinapor said: \u201cWith the calibre of people on this board, I\u2019m very confident that we will turn the sector around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new COCOBOD board is chaired by Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Policy Advisor at the Office of the Vice President, and includes Dr. Johnson Asiama, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister for Finance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That is the warning from the Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, Jeroen Verheul, who has called for an urgent reset of the country\u2019s cocoa industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8],"tags":[885,156,858,1939],"class_list":{"0":"post-7359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-agric-and-environment","7":"category-economy-and-finance","8":"category-news","9":"tag-cocoa-production","10":"tag-cocobod","11":"tag-ghana-cocoa","12":"tag-john-jinapor"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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