I want to thank you because cocoa continues to be the mainstay of this economy. Every year we earn anything close to US$3billion on cocoa alone and yet people are more excited about oil. Ghana has discovered oil so our lives are going to change. Cocoa still affects our lives more than oil. The contribution of oil to our national budget last year was only US$700million. Cocoa brought US$3billion into our economy. So cocoa is still the mainstay of our economy and we must put our money where our mouths are, and we must continue to put our money in cocoa farming so that it can continue to sustain this economy -- President Mahama speaking at the Flagstaff House on Wednesday when a large delegation of cocoa farmers called on him to thank him for the 62.74% increase in the producer price of cocoa. Click here for photos and below for the full remarks of the President- https://flickr/photos/fhcommsbureau/15294071098/ presidency.gov.gh/node/693
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