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Farmers receive first bonus payment
Accra, Nov. 13, Ghanadot/GNA - Industry
regulator Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has released GH¢16.035
million as bonus payment to cocoa farmers for the 2006-07
crop year, the company said on Tuesday.
A statement signed by Cocobod's Public Affairs Manager, Mrs
Pauline Adobea Dadzawa, said the amount represented the
first tranche of bonus payment for the period. Each farmer
would be paid GH¢27.43 per tonne or GH¢1.71 per 64kg bag of
cocoa.
The next tranche will be paid in June next year.
Addressing a press conference to formally open the 2007-08
season in Accra last month, Deputy Finance Minister George
Gyan-Baffour announced the proposed bonuses as part of a
general incentive package to "ensure that farmers have
adequate money during the season".
The government has since 2001 paid bonuses every year on
Main crop purchases, except in the 2004-05 season.
GNA
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