Procurement Practices and Delivery of Cocoa by Agroecom District Office at Juaboso, Ghana

Abstract

Government has expressed its desire to support COCOBOD and believes the target of 900,000metric ones for the 2015/2016 crop year could be attained, based on the trend of cocoa production over the past ten years and good agronomic practices being adopted by COCOBOD. The optimism from the state comes on the back of a disappointing cocoa production season with Ghana set to miss its production target 950,000metric ones for the 2014/2015 crop season. However, there has been a decrease in tonnage for 2015/2016 main crop season which resulted in importation of Cocoa bean from Ivory Coat. Thus the aim this study is to assess procurement practices of Agroecoms in Juaboso district and delivery of Cocoa beans by Agroecom District office at Juaboso, Ghana.  The study was a descriptive study and the population was the staff of Agroecom Ghana Ltd from Juaboso districts. The sampling technique used was a non–probability sampling and specifically purposive sampling was used. The sample size for the study was 16 for their importance to the analysis of the topic. Data was collected using both primary and secondary approach. Questionnaire and interview guide were the main research instruments. The data was analyzed using SPSS with conclusion and recommendations drawn from its analysis. The study recommend that district managers should ensure that only high quality beans are purchases and delivered at the right time to ensure that funding is sustained in the district

Keywords: procurement practices;  Agroecom ; Juaboso; Ghana