According to Information Minister Kojo Oppong, the Ghanaian Embassy in Belgium, led by Ambassador Sena Boateng, has alerted the government of Ghana about a new piece of European legislation that may soon prevent the export of Ghanaian cocoa and coffee to several global markets.
The Embassy has also started working on realigning Ghanaian and European interests in cocoa and coffee, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah added.
“Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire need to act quickly to secure the industry while meeting the interests of European markets else millions of households and our entire economies could be significantly affected soon.
“Thankfully, this work has started. Our task is to see it through,” the Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker tweeted.
Earlier this week in Brussels, I chaired a 2 day forum on ”the future of Ghanaian cocoa and coffee value chains in the face of this new EU legislation”.
