About

Benjamin Akane is an agriculturist with an in-depth field knowledge and skills in the Ghanaian Cocoa system, a holder of BSc in Agriculture Technology from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. I started off my career working with Ghana Cocobod as field technical assistant, I moved to Touton SA. As M&E officer and was later promoted as Cocoa sustainability officer. I am currently working with Cargill Ghana as Sustainability field coordinator. In this role, I perform a full cycle cocoa certification duties by ensuring all farmers are registered under the certification program are trained on good Agriculture practices by complying the RA certification standards. Implementation of Agroforestry projects- raising of cocoa and shade tree seedlings for farmers to combat carbon emission.