The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced that the purchase of the 2020/2021 main crop season will commence on Friday, October 2, 2020.
The producer price to be paid at all buying centres is GHC 316.80 per load of 30 kilogramme of Grade I and II cocoa beans naked ex-scale or GHC660.00 per bag of 64 kilogrammes gross.
A statement issued in Accra by the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, said a tonne of 16 bags was GHC10,560.00.