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Climate & Environment
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.
European Union Threatens To Boycott Ghana Cocoa Over Deforestation
The European Union is threatening to stop the purchase of cocoa from Ghana because of deforestation and child labour.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control, Dr Emmanuel A.…
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Ghana and WCF Commit To Advance Forest Protection and Restoration
Ghana's Forestry Commission and the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) have agreed to speed up their collaboration on forest protection and restoration in cocoa communities.
The development means the WCF, representing cocoa and chocolate…
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Mondelēz To Reduce Virgin Plastic Use To Combat Plastic Pollution
* Company builds on existing 2025 goals with new aim to cut virgin plastic use in rigid plastic packaging by at least 25%
* Part of broader efforts to eliminate, reduce, replace and recycle plastics across portfolio
* Calls for more…
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Climate Change Threatens Cocoa Production
Climate change and climate variability pose serious challenges to national development, especially agriculture – which is the backbone of the country’s economy.
Climate change leads to increases in temperatures, changes in precipitation…
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Cargill Targets 30% Cut
Cargill Inc. has renewed its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its entire supply chain – from farm fields to fast food kitchens – by 30% per ton of product in the next decade.
The commitment follows a contentious summer…
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Let’s Make Cocoa Sector Climate Resilient – President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo Addo has charged the Forestry Commission and the Ghana Cocoa Board to ensure that they join forces through the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme to make the country's cocoa sector climate resilient.
This call he made…
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Cocoa Forest Redd+ Programme To Be Launched
Ghana's government will, on Friday, 4 October 2019, launch the Cocoa Forest Redd+ Programme in Accra, Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed.
The Cocoa Forest Redd Plus Programme is aimed at promoting a climate-smart…
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Yayra Glover Advocates Organic Cocoa Farming In Ghana
Mr Yayrator Glover, Chief Executive Officer of Yayra Glover Ghana Limited, an organic cocoa production company, has advocated for investments in organically cultivated cocoa to help the nation reclaim its place as the world's highest…
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