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World Confectionery Conference 2022 Opens In Brussels Sept. 9
World Confectionery Conference 2022 opens to the general public in Brussels, Belgium, on September 9.
The one-day event will assemble delegates and suppliers from across the world under one roof.
Ahead of the event, organisers have…
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Fairtrade Africa Reviews Its Impact On The Continent
Fairtrade Africa has reviewed its impact across the continent through the use of Fairtrade premiums and other programmatic and project interventions.
These programmatic and project interventions as well as the Fairtrade premium were…
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Cocobod Sets End Of Light Cocoa Crop Season For September 8
The 2021/22 Light Cocoa Crop Season comes to an end by the close of business on September 8, a press release by Ghana Cocoa Board, COCOBOD has stated.
In a statement released to the media, Cocobod notes that “In order to assist the…
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West Africa CSOs, Farmers Demand Reforms In International Cocoa Pricing
A joint platform of Ghanaian and Ivorian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and cocoa farmers has made a strong call for reforms in the international pricing mechanism for cocoa to guarantee a living income for farmers.
The group has…
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Cocoa Buyers Back Ivory Coast And Ghana’s Cocoa Premium Schemes
Major cocoa buyers have agreed to pay a premium and back a price floor on cocoa sold by Ivory Coast and Ghana as part of an agreement reached on Friday to combat poverty among farmers.
Cocoa industry players will back a fixed "living…
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Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire Summon Chocolate Companies Over LID, Origin Premium
Leading multi-national chocolate companies and key industry actors have assembled in Accra, the capital of Ghana, for crunch discussions bordering on cocoa trade at the instance of the Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI).
A…
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EU Lawmakers Urge Commission To Broker Economic Pact On Sustainable Cocoa
A group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the European Commission to "rapidly engage in formal negotiations" with Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire towards the establishment of an Economic Pact on Sustainable Cocoa.
"The…
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Ghana And Côte d’Ivoire Challenge EU To Prioritise Cocoa Farmer Incomes
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, and his Ivorian counterpart, Alhasanne Outtara, have challenged the European Union to prioritise the livelihood and incomes of cocoa farmers as it mulls over its cocoa sector due diligence…
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West Akim Cocoa Farmers Cooperative Donates To COCOBOD District Office
The President of the West Akim Cooperative Cocoa Farmers (Cocoa Life), Adu Essel Sampson, has called on cocoa farmer cooperatives to make a conscious effort to allocate part of their premium to support community projects as a way of giving…
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Rainforest Alliance Donates PPE To Cocoa Communities In Response To Omicron
Rainforest Alliance has donated critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to health officials in Sefwi Wiawso, Akontombra, Bodi and Bibiani Ahwiaso-Bekwai Municipal areas in Ghana's Western North Region to fight COVID19, following the…
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