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Ghana seeks new agricultural value chain beyond cocoa

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Cocoa accounted for 46.7% of Ghana's food product exports in 2024, according to Ghana Statistical Service data. MyJoyOnline argues for developing another structured agricultural value chain, notably around coffee, to diversify the economy without replacing cocoa.

Cocoa beans and cocoa paste accounted for 46.7% of Ghana's food product exports in 2024, according to Ghana Statistical Service data cited by MyJoyOnline. Cocoa's dominant position is prompting discussion about developing another major agricultural value chain, rather than replacing it.

Ghana already produces coffee, mainly the Robusta variety, with cultivation historically concentrated in the Ashanti, Bono and Ahafo, Eastern, Central, Western and Volta regions, according to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). The sector relies largely on smallholders and has benefited from several public programmes, including an agricultural diversification project in the 1990s and a coffee development project launched in 2010.

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