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Ghana is losing tonnes of moist cocoa beans to the activities of smugglers through its eastern border with the neighbouring Republic of Togo. Dilapidated warehouses cocoa producing communities have been identified among the causes of the…
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The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has handed over motorcycles and office equipment to four district assemblies under its Landscape and Referral Pilot Project to enhance the performance of its critical partners in Ghana's cocoa…
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Ivory Coast has put a freeze on cocoa contracts for the 2023/24 crop season following weeks of torrential rains that have flooded farms, Reuters has reported. With cocoa prices currently at record levels due to concerns over supplies, the…
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EuroChocolate 2023, an annual chocolate festival, is set to come off in the Italian city of Perugia from the 13th to the 22nd of October. The festival deemed one of the largest chocolate festivals in Europe has captivated chocolate…
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Cote d'Ivoire's Cavally Forest is reported to have seen a significant facelift thanks to a 3-year multi-sectoral restoration partnership. Preliminary results from the first phase of the Cavally forest restoration project point to an…
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Rainforest Alliance (RA) is an international non-profit organization working at the intersection of business, agriculture, and forests to make responsible business the new normal. The organisation is building an alliance to protect…
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A deputy Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Dr Emmanuel Opoku has disclosed that 1,239,169 individual cocoa farms covering a total area of 1,380,566 hectares have been captured onto the country's Cocoa Management System (CMS).…
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Rainforest Alliance, an international NGO, has with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) presented assorted school supplies to two community basic schools in Ghana in commemoration of the 2023 World Day…
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American lawmakers have introduced two new legislations to Congress aimed at helping tackle the enduring problem of child labour on US farms. The intervention comes at a time the United States is grappling with a rise in the incidence of…
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The Council of the European Union has given its final approval for its Deforestation Regulation aimed at reducing deforestation associated with key EU market imports. The regulation is targeted at cocoa, palm oil, cattle, wood, coffee,…
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