As part of GCCFA's mandate in lobbying and advocacy, we have partnered with Agriterra Ghana, who are supporting initiatives to improve advocacy. Agriterra initially conducted a Farmers Advocacy Consultation Tool (FACT) training for several cocoa farmer cooperatives who are members of GCCFA. Starting from the year 2023, an advocacy manager was hired to lead advocacy activities.
Currently, following the FACT methodology, participatory research has been carried out, and a number of issues affecting farmers including inadequate and untimely inputs, illegal gold mining and land & tree tenure issues have been identified. The ultimate goal is to systematically present these issues to stakeholders to influence policies that will improve cocoa output, and quality and improve farmers’ living standards.