Cocoa farmers urge review of Bill before presidential assent

‎Mr Moses Djan Asiedu, Administrator of the Association, told the Ghana News Agency that while the organisation supported measures to protect cocoa farms and sustain the cocoa sector, some provisions of the Bill required further review and public education.‎The Government has said the Bill is intended to curb the increasing loss of cocoa farms to illegal mining and other competing land uses and safeguard the long-term sustainability of Ghana’s cocoa sector.‎The Association’s concerns centre on provisions that grant protected status to cocoa farms and restrict their conversion to other uses without approval from the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).