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Fairtrade And B Lab Forge Partnership To Deliver On SDGs
Fairtrade, a global label for social justice and sustainability, and the New York-based B Lab are set to announce a new partnership aimed at advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through responsible business…
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2021 Ghana Cocoa Awards Nominations Open
The 3rd annual edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards (GCA) will celebrate the country’s achievement of a new cocoa beans production record while highlighting industry’s contribution.
Ghana Cocoa Board, the industry regulator, announced early…
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Israeli Research Agency Scoffs At German Lab-Chocolate Project
Scientists at Cocoa Cure Centre (CCC), an Israeli research agency, have dismissed the German government-backed synthetic chocolate solution to cocoa sustainability.
The centre is not impressed by "European startups striving to…
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Cocoa Merchants And Nestle Cocoa Plan Pay Premium To Cocoa Farmers
Cocoa Merchants Ghana Limited and Nestle Cocoa Plan have paid a sum of GHC1,080,000 as premium to partner cocoa farmers at Bekwai and Nsokote Cocoa Districts of Ashanti Region.
The amount covers 4,500 metric tonnes of cocoa beans…
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New WCF President Martin Short To Lead Effort To Raise Farmer Incomes
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has appointed Martin Short as its new President, replacing Richard Scobey who left on May 1, 2021.
Short is expected to lead efforts by cocoa and chocolate companies to make the cocoa supply chain…
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Former DCE Urges Fellow Farmers To Embrace Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme
The immediate past District Chief Executive (DCE) for Adansi South in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Benjamin Anhwere, has endorsed the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme being implemented by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).
The former DCE, who is…
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COCOBOD Misapplies $1.5M Dollars of Cocoa Farmers Wards Scholarship Fund
The Auditor General’s (AG) 2020 report on the public accounts of Ghana has disclosed that allocations totalling GHS7.3 million (US$1.5 million) for the Cocoa Farmers Wards Scholarship Trust Fund have been misapplied.
According to the AG’s…
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Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme Pilot Registration Takes Off
Pilot registration under the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme for a cross-section of Ghanaian cocoa growers has taken off in the Ashanti Region.
Some 2,800 volunteer farmers from the New Edubiase District are expected to be captured within the…
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COCOBOD Adopts Prudent Measures To Forestall Fertilizer Losses
Ghana Cocoa Board has issued a rejoinder to the Auditor-General's report on expired chemicals and fertilizer with the assurance that prudent measures have been adopted to prevent a recurrence.
The Auditor-General (AG) in its 2020 report…
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GH¢23.9 Million Worth Of Fertilizer And Chemicals Expired At COCOBOD
Fertilizer and agro-chemicals valued at GH¢23.9 million expired in the custody of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) according to the Auditor-General's report.
The report captures that the Board of Directors in 2018 approved for a debt of…
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