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Cocobod’s CMS Makes Gains, Over 600K Cocoa Farmers Enrolled
Establishing a credible database on cocoa farmers in the country became key on the agenda of the Management of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) following the decision of the Government to institute a pension scheme for cocoa farmers across the…
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Can Ghana’s Cocoa Sector Survive The Illegal Gold Mining Invasion?
The 62-year-old father of six says he has tasted real poverty producing cocoa and thus doesn't mind at this point cutting down "my own bona fide property" for galamsey money
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Why The EU Must Pursue Partnership Over Punishment To Tackle Deforestation
A Position Paper by Cocoa Post
The European Commission in November 2021, tabled a proposed legislation before the EU parliament that will enforce regulation on certain imported products on its market deemed to be associated with…
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Women in Cocoa Tout Transformational Journey With Cocoa Life
"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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World Cocoa Order: How Is Ghana Leading The Charge To Decolonise The Cocoa Value Chain?
In 1585 Europe received the first official shipment of cocoa beans at the Spanish port of Seville from Mexico, launching the international cocoa trade.
Cocoa also referred to as Theobroma cacao (food of the gods) was consumed largely in…
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Ghana’s Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme Starts In Days Amid Concerns By Some Farmers.…
Ghana's cocoa regulator, Cocobod, is set to roll out a pension scheme for cocoa farmers for the first time in the country's history.
Thirty-seven years ago, the erstwhile military junta, Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC),…
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Ivory Coast Walks The Talk In Value Addition To Capture More Wealth From Booming Agriculture
Ivory Coast wrestled the world's top producer of cocoa position from West African neighbour, Ghana, in 1978 and has since not looked back.
For 4years and counting the country's annual cocoa crop output has surpassed the 2million metric…
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Grand Daughter Of Cocoa Farmer Opens Ghana’s First Cocoa Museum And Chocolate Factory
Ghana has been growing cocoa for almost a century and a half and was once the world's leading supplier of the key chocolate ingredient until losing that spot in 1977.
The West African nation boasts of a rich heritage in cocoa production.…
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Expand Value Addition To Ghana’s Cocoa Beyond The Idea Of Chocolate
Ghana’s main upgrading strategy in the cocoa sector has been to maintain quality while struggling with cocoa processing and manufacturing of chocolate.
Previous governments of Ghana have attempted to process cocoa into various products,…
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EU Regulation: Big Chocolate Revenge On Ghana And Côte d’Ivoire Cocoa LID?
The ambience of chitchats fills an Accra hotel seminar hall as attendees exchange pleasantries while networking. Others make their way out for the cocoa break.
It's the end of the opening session of the COCOBOD AfCFTA Committee's meeting…
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