Ghana’s Cocoa Farmers Are Losing, Despite Record Prices

The price of cocoa on the global market soared to a record high in April, but African farmers are struggling to make ends meet. In countries like Ghana, the local pricing system has left many frustrated and hopeless.

In the Afigya Kwabre district of Ghana’s Ashanti region, people like Kingsley Owusu are known for growing Ghana’s leading cash crop. Owusu and his comminity have been growing cocoa beans for over 30 years.

For many years, the cocoa harvest had enabled him to take care of his children,…