Ghana has raised cocoa prices for the 2010/11 season by 33.33 percent in an effort to stop smuggling and motivate farmers to produce more in the coming season. Prices for the 2010-11 season set to begin on Oct. 1 will be 3,200 cedis ($2,238) per tonne, up from 2,400 cedis per tonne during the 2009-10 […]
Ghana to earn US$50 million from rubber exports
Ghana is hopeful of earning approximately US$50 million from exports of rubber by 2017, said an official of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The West African country exports 95 percent of its rubber produce to France, Turkey, South Korea, East Africa and Burkina Faso. Joseph Baidoo-Williams, Coordinator, Perennial Corps Programme, said the […]