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Cocoa, scientifically known as Theobroma cacao, is one of the most important cash crops in Ghana's burgeoning economy. Cocoa has widely been described as the mainstay of Ghana's economy. For over a century now, cocoa has been the main…
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Esther Nyarko, a resident of Dadieso in the Suaman District of Ghana's Western North Region, has her life back on track thanks to an employment opportunity she grabbed in the ongoing cocoa rehabilitation programme. Nyarko, 28, faced an…
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An unprecedented scale of cross-border cocoa smuggling activities has rocked Ghana over the last few months. The alarming loss of the country's crop output to illegal merchants said to be operating around the borders with Togo, Burkina…
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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), though not native to Ghana has become one of the country’s main exports and a major foreign exchange earning commodity since its introduction into the then Gold Coast by the highly revered Tetteh Quarshie in 1878.…
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In the ever-evolving landscape of cocoa farming, joining farmers' cooperatives has emerged as a pivotal decision for cocoa farmers seeking sustainable growth, increased profitability, and community development. These cooperatives,…
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Opoku Acheampong Emmanuel, 54, returns from a 5-mile roundtrip to his 8-acre cocoa farm. He makes this routine journey on foot. The farm is located on the outskirts of Kokotro, near Bekwai in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He has been…
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The subject of cocoa prices and the income of Ghanaian smallholder cocoa farmers is a complex one, influenced by various factors within the cocoa supply chain. While cocoa prices may have seen record hikes in recent times, it does not…
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Ghana risks losing its major foreign exchange earner cocoa, due to a combination of factors such as illegal mining, accumulated losses and major developments by some advanced countries to aggressively grow and export the crop. The Ghana…
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Mechanization is a crucial input for agricultural crop production and one that historically has been neglected in the context of developing countries like Ghana. Applying new technologies that are environmentally friendly enables farmers…
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