Agricultural economist suggests government pays cocoa farmers with gold proceeds

Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Robert Aidoo, has urged the government to urgently devise a strategy to settle outstanding payments owed cocoa farmers by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).


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