An 81-year-old cocoa farmer has appealed to the government and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to act urgently over months of unpaid cocoa proceeds, warning that the delays are pushing elderly farmers and their families into severe hardship. “I’m 81 years old, and I’ve never seen this before. Cocoa farming is all I have to do, nothing else. I sell my cocoa, and after four months, I still haven’t been paid. What do you want an old woman like me to do?” she said at a recent People’s Forum in Abuakwa South.
