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Barry Callebaut 'Farm Of The Future' Advances Cocoa Farming Innovation
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Bilateral cooperation between West African neighbours, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, introduced a new cocoa pricing mechanism in 2019 targeting a floor price of $2600 per tonne. Chocolate companies and cocoa traders accepted the proposal…
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Effective by the end of this month, May 2022, Cote d'Ivoire - Ghana Cocoa Initiative will begin a monthly publication of origin differential premium paid by multinational buyers for cocoa beans from Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. A joint…
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Wnwn Food Labs, a UK based food ingredient startup, says its cocoa-free chocolate will go on sale in London effective 18th May 2022. The company claims its 'world's first' chocolate uses a combination of barley and carob to successfully…
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The Cocoa Value Addition Artisans Association of Ghana (COVAAAGH) is set to showcase an innovative Ghana made artisanal cocoa products line at the 13th World Trade Promotion Organizations - WTPO Conference and Awards in Accra, Ghana.…
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Founder and Managing Editor of Cocoa Post, Kojo Hayford, has been elected as the Media and Communication Officer for the Cocoa Value Addition Artisans Association of Ghana (COVAAAGH). Hayford will serve alongside three other elected…
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Swiss-Ghanaian start-up Koa has secured $10 million in growth capital to accelerate its disruptive upcycling business around the cocoa fruit. A press release copied to Cocoa Post stated that the investment will allow the company to scale…
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The African Cocoa Platform (AfCOP) has unveiled a new competition seeking to promote agroforestry and other sustainable practices in cocoa farming. Cocoa farmers from the three-member countries of the organisation, namely Ghana, Cameroon…
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"I have travelled far away from home to be at this important gathering. A few years ago, it would have been impossible for me, a woman, to attend this cocoa farming-related programme," Charity Ofori, a female cocoa farmer, told Cocoa Post.…
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The Most Enterprising Female Cocoa Farmer 2021, Madam Adjoa Sintim, has received a cheque for 250,000 Ghana Cedis as a supplementary prize for the award. The presentation at Cocoa House, headoffice of Ghana Cocoa Board, was in fulfilment…
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