Cocoa farmers in Andhra Pradesh protested, demanding fair market prices and a clear government price policy for cocoa beans, citing procurement rates significantly below international market values. They also called for the establishment of a State Cocoa Board and a Central Cocoa Research Centre to address ongoing issues faced by growers. Farmers expressed distress over private companies' arbitrary pricing in the absence of a government-declared policy, urging the implementation of a promised price formula aligned with global rates.