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Climate & Environment is a category that focuses on natural conditions necessary for cocoa production.
It features content on the subject of forests, deforestation, environmental degradation, weather, climate change and interventions by industry stakeholders.
Ivory Coast To Plant A Record 50 Million Trees In A Single Day
The world's number one cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, has announced an ambitious plan to plant 50 million trees in one day before the close of the year, Abidjan.net has reported.
It comes on the heels of its West African neighbour, Ghana,…
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Cocoa Abrabopa Plants 1500 Trees To Support Green Ghana Agenda
The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) has planted 1,500 trees to help the government achieve its objective of planting 5 million trees to green Ghana.
Shade trees of all kinds nursed by Form Ghana were distributed to 351 member cocoa…
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Ivory Coast Cocoa Waste Electricity Project Will Serve 1.7Million People
About 1.7 million people in Ivory Coast will be connected to the municipal electricity grid by 2023 when the construction of a cocoa-powered renewable energy plant is completed.
The project in the cocoa-growing town of Divo is being…
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Green Ghana Project: COCOBOD To Plant 1.6Million Shade Trees
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planting over 1.6 million forest trees in the 2020/2021 cocoa crop year on cocoa farms across the country and also as part of its National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme.
COCOBOD is embarking on a…
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CSOs Decry Destruction Of Cocoa Farms And Water Sources
Civil society activists operating within Ghana's cocoa sector have blown the alarm on the continuous destruction of cocoa farmlands and water sources by illegal gold miners.
New investigative video footage on the state of water sources…
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COCOBOD Adopts Green Technologies In Seedling Production
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has adopted the use of cocopeat and re-usable receptacles as new technologies for raising cocoa seedlings at nursery sites.
The green technologies of cocopeat growing medium and re-usable plastic containers…
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Chocolate Frog – A New Frog Species Discovered In New Guinea, Australia
A new type of frog named Litoria Mira has become the latest discovery from the rainforest swamps of the Australian island of New Guinea.
Australian scientists who discovered the amphibian have called it the "Chocolate frog" owing to its…
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Fairtrade Aids Creation of Farmer-Owned Data System For Cocoa Traceability
Six cocoa cooperatives in Ivory Coast have succeeded in creating their own data system through a partnership with agricultural technology firms and Fairtrade.
The data system pilot project in the West African nation is aimed at…
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Mars Launches New Coalition to Mobilize Suppliers & Accelerate Climate Action
Mars, Incorporated, in partnership with sustainability consultancy Guidehouse, has today announced the formation of a new coalition, the Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition (Supplier LoCT), to mobilize suppliers on climate action.…
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European Union Threatens Import Ban On Ghana’s Cocoa
The European Union has threatened to impose import restrictions on Ghana's cocoa entering its jurisdiction over deforestation and child labour concerns.
A Deputy Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, in charge of Agronomy and Quality…
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