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Cocoa News category is the anchor segment for the stories from the various stages of the cocoa industry value chain
New Standard for Measuring Cocoa Household Income Launched
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has launched a new methodology for measuring cocoa farmer household income and living incomes.
The newly developed multistakeholder methodology is expected to be adopted generally as a "strong…
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GCCP Pressures Cocobod to Review Cocoa Forward Sales Policy
The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has called on Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to review its forward sales cocoa marketing system amidst soaring market prices.
The forward sales system refers to contractual agreements made…
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Ghana Cocoa Farmgate Price To Go Up By 50%
Ghana will raise the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers by up to 50% in an effort to share profits from rising global prices and deter farmers from bean smuggling, a spokesperson at the country's cocoa marketing board Cocobod said…
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Ivory Coast Farmers Welcome 50% Raise in Farmgate Price
The Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD), an umbrella group for cocoa cooperatives and civil society organisations, has welcomed the 50% increment in the cocoa farmgate price.
The Ivorian government and the regulator…
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Fairtrade Africa, Partners Launch Ghana Agroforestry for Impact (GAIM) Project
The Ghana Agroforestry for Impact (GAIM) project has been launched in Goaso, Ahafo Region, to help improve the livelihoods and climate resilience of cocoa farmers.
The 3-year project (2024-2026) is being implemented by Fairtrade Africa…
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Ivory Coast Farmers to Gain 50% Hike in Cocoa Farmgate Price
Ivory Coast is set to announce an increment in the cocoa farmgate price by 50%, raising it from 1000 to 1500 CFA francs ($2.47) per kilogramme.
President Alassane Ouattara is programmed to make the official announcement on Tuesday, April…
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FEDCO wades into Cashew, Rice Business as Cocoa Crisis Linger
A leading Ghanaian cocoa buyer, Federated Commodities Limited (FEDCO), is diversifying into Ghana's emerging cashew and rice sectors, prodded by the lingering cocoa crisis.
Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has seen an…
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Cocoa Surges Past $9200, ICCO Raises Alarm on Price Rally
In a startling turn of events for the global cocoa market, cocoa prices have soared past the $9200 mark for the first time in history, triggering concerns among industry experts.
The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) quoted a tonne…
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African Cocoa Marketplace to ensure Africa wins from Cocoa Trade
African Cocoa Marketplace, Inc. (ACM), a new ethical cocoa trade company, has been launched to offer marketing and qualitative assurance solutions for African cocoa products and services.
A press release copied to Cocoa Post said ACM…
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Chocolate Scorecard: Farmer Poverty Lingers Amid Chocolate Industry Profit Boom
The 2024 edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has revealed that cocoa farmer poverty remains largely unaddressed while chocolate companies continue to rake in billions in profits.
While briefing the media in Accra on the report of this…
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