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GIZ And Touton Partnership To Deliver Jobs In Cocoa Communities
Invest for Jobs, an initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has offered a grant of €727,500 to support young people within cocoa-growing communities in Ghana.
The funding is to help maximise the…
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Rainforest Alliance Introduces Community Listening Program
Rainforest Alliance (RA) has introduced the Community Listening Program (CLP) in the Western North Region of Ghana as part of its efforts to help address challenges hampering the cocoa and forestry sectors in the country.
The program was…
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Hotel Chocolat and Cocoa Horizons Launches Kookoo Daakyepa Scheme
A farmer support scheme aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers across the country has been launched in Ghana on Friday 12th of November 2021.
The scheme dubbed “Kookoo Daakyepa” (meaning “A good future for Cocoa”) is an…
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Cocoa Value Chain Remains Critical To Economy
As the nation continues on the path of a post-pandemic economic recovery, the entire gamut of its cocoa value chain remains one of the most critical rallying points and would significantly shape medium to long-term development.
This is…
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Press Release: 3rd Ghana Cocoa Awards To Celebrate Historic Production Milestone
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cocoa Post wishes to announce the nominees for the third annual edition of its flagship industry excellence motivation initiative, Ghana Cocoa Awards.
Seventy-eight entries were shortlisted for recognition out…
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Cocoa Post Partners B&FT For 3rd Ghana Cocoa Awards
Management of Cocoa Post, the organizers of Ghana Cocoa Awards scheme has entered into a partnership with the Business and Financial Times (B&FT) for this year’s cocoa awards.
The event, which is slated for November 12, 2021, at …
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Pension Scheme To Woo Ghana Youth Into Cocoa Farming Takes Off
Ghana's cocoa regulator, Cocobod, has earmarked one percent of cocoa sold by cocoa farmers as counterpart funding for the country's newly launched Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme.
The long-awaited welfare intervention for the Ghanaian cocoa…
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Ghana Cocoa Summit 2021 To Showcase Cocoa’s Agribusiness Opportunities
The maiden edition of Ghana Cocoa Summit is scheduled to take place in Accra on Friday 12 November 2021.
The event, which forms part of the annual Ghana Cocoa Awards, is aimed at exploring agribusiness opportunities available in the…
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Ghana Deploys Electronic Weighing Scales Effective October 8
The Ghanaian cocoa sector's transition from the old analogue mechanical weighing scales to digital electronic weighing scales is said to take effect from October 8, 2021, when cocoa purchases officially commence.
"To assist the farmer to…
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Ghana Maintains Cocoa Producer Price, Down By 17.5% In Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana's government has maintained the cocoa producer price for the 2021/22 crop year at GH¢10,560 per metric tonne, translating to GH¢660 per bag (64kg) at the farmgate effective October 8, 2021.
"This price represents 87.15% of the FOB…
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