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Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, has charged the Board of Directors of the Ghana Cocoa Board to ensure that Ghana regains her position as the leading producer of cocoa in the world.Dr. Duffuor said this when he inaugurated the 10-member Board of Directors for the Ghana Cocoa Board in Accra.He said they must intervene in the industry in a manner that will result in significant improvement not only in the production levels but also in the improvement of the welfare and livelihood of farmers.The Minister further charged them to introduce policies and programmes that will make cocoa farming attractive and lucrative to the youth.Dr. Duffuor noted that by making cocoa farming more productive and profitable through the use of improved technology and high yielding seedlings, incomes of farmers will increase, rural poverty will reduce, quality of life of cocoa farmers will improve significantly and there will be a reduction in rural urban migration.The board is chaired by Dr. Percival Insurance.
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