The Ghana Cocoa Board has announced that the purchases of the 2014 light crop season will commence on Friday, 4th July, 2014.

A statement signed by Mr. James Kofi Kutsoati, Deputy Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Operations) and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Friday, stated that, the producer price to be paid at all buying centres is Two Hundred and twelve Ghana Cedis (GH¢ 212.00) per bag of sixty-four kilograms gross.

He said one (1) tonne is Three Thousand, three hundred and ninety-two Ghana Cedis (GH¢ 3,392.00).