European companies threaten to stop importation of Ghana cocoa

Ghana Cocoa

Some European companies have threatened to halt the purchase of cocoa beans from Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire if the quality of the commodity from the two countries is not improved.

The warning was sounded to the two countries after unfavourable weather patterns this year negatively affected light crop yield.

The Ghana Cocoa Board has revealed that the light crop yield for the season dropped from 15% of total crop yield to 8% of total crop yield.
Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Cocoa Board, Noah Amenya is optimistic that once the rains are set in, the COCOBOD will successfully meet the demand of its European buyers.

“The beans sizes from Ghana were a bit larger than the beans sizes from Cote d’Ivoire. However, because of the long drought, the bean sizes are becoming smaller at the sale of the light crop season. It is our hope that  the rains that set in about two months ago, the main crop will have larger beans.”

The Food and Agriculture Organisation predicted a fall in cocoa yield this year if nothing is done to mitigate the repercussions of bad weather on cocoa yield, as the crop was predicted to suffer under the El Nino weather  in 2016.



Source.pulse.com.gh