# Cocoa Price Crisis: Ghana

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Podcast: [The Chocolate Conservatory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-chocolate-conservatory-7712281)
Published: 2026-03-27T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://choco-conservatory.captivate.fm
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d9abdb5d-67af-4b8e-8e30-da74d5646464.mp3
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## Resource

Harvard historian Emmanuel Akyeampong and Fuad Mohammed Abubakar of Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company join Carla to discuss how Ghana's cocoa pricing developed and the challenges and pitfalls of navigating farmgate pricing in a volatile futures market. Google Drive Folder to Fuad Mohammed Abubakar charts mentioned during the episode: https://tinyurl.com/uzxfetfb More Resources about our Guests: Read Professor Akyeampong's book Independent Africa for more on the history of cocoa in Ghana: https://iupress.org/9780253066657/independent-africa/ Find Fuad's articles on Ghana and cocoa pricing here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qxdVjKwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra Find Fuad's Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fuadabubakarmohammed/

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