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Cocoa farmers consider smuggling, land sales to illegal miners over three-month arrears

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As the Ghana Cocoa Board races against time to rethink its financing scheme in cocoa purchases, some farmers in the Ashanti region are contemplating smuggling the beans to neighbouring countries and selling off their lands to illegal miners.
 
For three months now, the farmers have eagerly awaited payments for the bags of cocoa beans they sold to the COCOBOD through licensed cocoa buying companies.
 
Their regular visits to the local purchasing companies for their money have proven futile, throwing many of them into a real struggle in fending for themselves and family.

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