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Ghana is set to announce a significant increase in the cocoa producer price for the upcoming 2023/24 crop season beginning September 8. The cocoa producer price or farmgate price is the amount paid by the government to farmers for a 64kg…
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Gablin Foods Limited, producer of origin cocoa products from Ghana, has landed supply deals with key distributors in the Chinese fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. When the contracts are finally firmed up by the parties, Gablin…
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Ghana is set to open the 2023/24 crop season for the purchases of cocoa beans one month earlier than usual on Friday, 8 September 2023. The world's second-largest cocoa producer has traditionally announced the opening of a new crop…
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Koa, a Ghanaian-Swiss startup, has successfully commissioned into operation Africa's largest cocoa fruit processing factory in Akim Achiase, Ghana. The facility raised at the cost of $10 million is the company's second in the…
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German chocolate-alternative product Nocoa has successfully rebranded as ChoViva, signalling readiness to appear on supermarket shelves. ChoViva, which is produced by the Bavaria-based Planet A Foods, is said to usher in a 'brand new era…
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The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) has elected new Operational Area Representatives to steer the affairs of their operational areas for the next three years. CAA has 39 cocoa operational areas across five cocoa-growing regions in…
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It is emerging that Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, may be unable to fulfil some cocoa contracts after a poor harvest, Bloomberg has reported. Cocoa prices Wednesday posted moderate gains, with the New York cocoa…
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Cocoa prices Wednesday posted moderate gains, with NY cocoa climbing to a 1-week high, amid concerns that Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, is unlikely to fulfil some of its cocoa contracts for a second season. Ghana's…
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Starbucks Corporation, a global coffee and cocoa beverage retail chain, has come under renewed pressure from a global civil society coalition to come clean about where it sources the cocoa for its chocolate products. The Coalition,…
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The Rainforest Alliance, an international non-profit organisation, has organised a five-day training for 10 members of the Associate Trainers Network (ATN) of Ghana in Kumasi, in the Ashanti region. The ATNs are a group of expert…
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