Proposal on Automatic Cocoa Quality Testing and Procurement in Ghana

Abstract

Cocoa industry of Ghana employs above a million people across Ghana areas of cocoa-growing, and it is the principal source of revenue for above 6 million people. The government of Ghana spends an important amount of money yearly on cocoa procurements in addition to farm inputs. However, the business of cocoa stays to meet many obstacles in testing and procurement, leading to lower annual yields. The study seeks to examine the issues of Ghana's cocoa purchasing process and develop IoT based automatic cocoa quality testing system. The method of the study will be descriptive design with quantitative method to pinpoint the procurement process and quality assurance process of cocoa in Ghana. The quantitative results will be used to develop IoT based automatic cocoa quality testing system to address cocoa testing issue. The study will analyze the impact of the proposed system for procurement process on the cocoa quality testing and procurement process in Ghana.