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Ghana has increased its cocoa producer price from GHS660 to GHS800 per bag for its 2022/23 crop, said Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture in Accra, on Wednesday. The new farmgate price which represents a 21%…
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The government of Ghana has failed to announce a much-anticipated cocoa farmgate price for the 2022/23 cocoa season commencing October 1, 2022. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong Addo, addressing a rally of cocoa farmers…
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Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa producer price from 825CFA to 900CFA ($1.33) per kilogram for the 2022/23 cocoa season. The new price announced in Abidjan by Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet represents 9% raise over that of the…
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The Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has called on the government to increase the producer price of cocoa to a minimum of GHS838 per bag. The position of GCCP contained in a statement copied to Cocoa Post comes on the…
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The Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) and 18 shipping lines have agreed to increase basic cocoa freight rates for the 2022/2023 cocoa season to all destinations but the United Kingdom (UK). As a result, basic…
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Organisers of Ghana Cocoa Awards, Cocoa Post, have opened nominations for the fourth edition of the annual cocoa industry excellence reward scheme. Ghana Cocoa Awards is an initiative instituted to appreciate and highlight outstanding…
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Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, has called for a shift away from the export of raw cocoa to a focus on local value addition and consumption. He noted that current and past governments…
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Ghana Cocoa Dinner is Africa's foremost and biggest gathering of captains of the cocoa industry for networking and celebration of excellence. Ahead of the 4th annual edition of the prestigious awards and gala night, we have been sampling…
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Ivory Coast has started selling cocoa contracts for the 2023/24 season with a non-negative premium industry. The action happens to be the first of its kind in three years as regulators seek to support farmers. According to Reuters,…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana have warned that the country could lose more productive cocoa farms to illegal mining if cocoa prices remain unchanged. This alarm by cocoa farmers comes ahead of this year's Cocoa Day (October 1), which marks the…
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