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The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for urgent steps to address challenges in Ghana’s cocoa sector, citing delayed payments and growing hardship among farmers.
“Farmers must not bear the full burden of systemic and historical failures,” the bishops said in a statement signed by their President, Most Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi.
They added that “existing producer prices should be sustained where increases are not feasible,” stressing that “equity and justice demand that accumulated surpluses be used to cushion farmers in difficult years.”
The Conference also urged the immediate payment of arrears and “transparent financial restructuring” of the Ghana Cocoa Board.
“The rescue of Ghana’s cocoa industry is not merely an economic task. It is a moral imperative. Justice for cocoa farmers is justice for Ghana,” the statement concluded.
