Joe Atiemo of the Cocoa Board of Ghana is one of the believers. (108K AIFF sound or 108K WAV sound) There are plans in the country for more downstream cocoa processing and more factories to export cocoa products, including high-quality chocolate.

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It is also one of the biggest customers of Petra's cocoa-processing business, buying a range of customized cocoa products from the Singapore company.

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But obsolete wood processing machinery and the continued fall of primary commodity prices including gold and cocoa, have taken its toll.

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