Cocoa

The partially liberalized cocoa sector in Ghana
Authors
Shashidhara Kolavalli, Marcella Vigneri, Haruna Maamah, John Poku
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
yuan 1 Oct, 2012 11:49
Location
https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/127140
Country
Ghana

The cocoa sector in Ghana is one of few examples of an export commodity sector in an African country that has withstood the pressure to fully liberalize. Despite substantial government control over internal and external marketing via the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the current institutional arrangement is able to pass on a significant share of export prices to farmers, a key objective of the liberalization of commodity markets in Africa.

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