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GLOBAL COMMODITIES FORUM 2013
Recommitting to commodity sector development
as an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction
Room XVIII
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
18 March 2013
The Role of Parastatal Institutions in the Agricultural Sector:
The Case of Ghana Cocoa Board
By
Mr. Ebenezer Tei Quartey, Director
Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
Ghana Cocoa Board
(Ghana)
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GLOBAL COMMODITIES FORUM
18‐19MARCH2013,GENEVA
TheRoleofParastatalInstitutionsintheAgricultural
Sector:TheCaseofGhanaCocoaBoard
by
Mr.EbenezerTeiQuartey
Director‐Research,Monitoring&Evaluation
GhanaCocoaBoard

OutlineofPresentation
•Briefbackgroundofthecountryandthe
importanceofagricultureandcocoatothe
economy
•TheroleoftheGhanaCocoaBoard(COCOBOD)
inthedevelopmentofGhana’scocoasector
•Challengesofthecocoasector
•Concludingremarks

Backgroundandimportanceofcocoa
•GhanaislocatedintheWestAfricansub‐region
andisamemberofEconomicCommunityof
WestAfricanStates(ECOWAS)
•Thefirstcocoafarmswereestablishedin1879in
Akwapim Mampong inthesoutheastofthe
country
•Cocoaproductionsupportsthelivelihoodofmore
than800,000smallholderhouseholdsinthe
forestagro‐ecologicalzones.

Backgroundandimportanceofcocoa
Cont’d
•Ghana’seconomyhasbeenbuiltonagriculture
andmining.Commercialproductionofoilbegan
in2010.
•CocoaexportsgeneratedoverUS$2.8billionin
revenuesin2012