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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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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 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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Invest for Jobs, an initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has offered a grant of €727,500 to support young people within cocoa-growing communities in Ghana. The funding is to help maximise the…
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Rainforest Alliance (RA) has introduced the Community Listening Program (CLP) in the Western North Region of Ghana as part of its efforts to help address challenges hampering the cocoa and forestry sectors in the country. The program was…
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A farmer support scheme aimed at improving the livelihoods of cocoa farmers across the country has been launched in Ghana on Friday 12th of November 2021. The scheme dubbed “Kookoo Daakyepa” (meaning “A good future for Cocoa”) is an…
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As the nation continues on the path of a post-pandemic economic recovery, the entire gamut of its cocoa value chain remains one of the most critical rallying points and would significantly shape medium to long-term development. This is…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cocoa Post wishes to announce the nominees for the third annual edition of its flagship industry excellence motivation initiative, Ghana Cocoa Awards. Seventy-eight entries were shortlisted for recognition out…
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Management of Cocoa Post, the organizers of Ghana Cocoa Awards scheme has entered into a partnership with the Business and Financial Times (B&FT) for this year’s cocoa awards. The event, which is slated for November 12, 2021, at …
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Ghana's cocoa regulator, Cocobod, has earmarked one percent of cocoa sold by cocoa farmers as counterpart funding for the country's newly launched Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme. The long-awaited welfare intervention for the Ghanaian cocoa…
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