March 2022

For the intermediate marketing campaign which opens on April 1, the farm gate price per kilogram of cocoa is maintained at 825 FCFA, as in the main campaign. The announcement was made by the Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture and…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has suggested to cocoa farmers in Ghana to resort to the use of poultry manure for farming due to a looming fertilizer shortage across the world. He attributed the…
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Barry Callebaut, a global chocolate giant, has outdoored three engineering students from West Africa into its Africa Engineering Masters Program for the 2022/23 academic year. The three engineering graduates were selected from Ghana and…
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Koa, a Ghanaian-Swiss startup, says it has achieved a breakthrough payment transparency system using blockchain technology that proves payments and higher income for cocoa farmers. The transparency system, which is a product of…
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Fairtrade Africa has held a joint planning and review meeting with its partners to assess the progress of implementation of the West Africa Cocoa Programme (WACP). The meeting also afforded the certification organisation the opportunity…
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"The search of international cocoa buying firms for new sources of cocoa produced in forest areas at cheaper cost undermines production in older established areas.  Thus, the price of cocoa deters farmers from accumulating capital in cocoa…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has appealed to stakeholders in the cocoa sector, particularly financial institutions and international non-governmental organisations, for support to upscale cocoa farm irrigation. The COCOBOD piloted the…
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Cocoa production in Ghana can see a significant increase if more investment is made in irrigating cocoa farms. This means, the cash crop will not only be harvested all year round but increase production between four to five folds for…
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At the recently held Africa- EU Week celebration from the 14th to 18th February 2022, young Fairtrade producers were part of a series of side events organised by the youth on key thematics relating to integrated development on the African…
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