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West Africa Needs To Be More Serious About Cocoa Value Addition – Oba Thompson
Nigerian cocoa industry advocate and Chairman Eti-Oni Development Group, Oba Dokun Thompson, says the problems of West Africa's cocoa industry will not go away unless the region takes cocoa value addition more seriously.
Oba Thompson, who…
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GEPA Seeks To Increase Market Share Of Ghana’s Cocoa Powder
As demand for global cocoa products surges, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has identified potential new markets for Ghana’s sweetened cocoa powder industry based on their respective annual import values of above US$3 million.…
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COCOBOD Supplies Over 99,000 Bags Of Fertilizer To Cocoa Farmers
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total 99,468 bags of Cocoa fertilizers to be distributed to 126 farmer cooperative groups within Wiawso and Akontombra districts of the…
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Hershey Extends Its Cocoa For Good Sustainability Scheme
An effort that increases commitment to purchasing 100% certified and sustainable cocoa
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Protecting Forests As An Economic Proposition For Cocoa Farmers
Deforestation is a recognised problem in the cocoa industry. Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s two biggest cocoa producers, have experienced some of the fastest rates of deforestation anywhere in the world and this is also a growing…
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Mondelez International Supports 450 Cocoa Communities in COVID-19 Fight
About 174,000 cocoa farmers in 450 cocoa-growing communities in Ghana have received Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) worth GH¢ 454,000.
The items, procured by the Mondelez International in partnership with Child Rights International…
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COCOBOD Confident of Higher Yield per Acre With Introduction of Mass Pruning
Dr. Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh, Deputy Chief Executive In-Charge of Agronomy and Quality Control has expressed confidence in the positive outcome of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) motorized mass national pruning exercise across all cocoa…
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Three Cocoa Farmer Cooperatives in Nkonya Receive Certificate to Operate
As part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa farmers, the institution has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities in the country to come together as a vibrant community-based Cocoa farmers cooperative.…
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Nigeria’s Flagship Eko Chocolate Show Postponed Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic
The second edition of Nigeria's Eko Chocolate Show scheduled to open Friday 3rd April 2020 has been postponed amidst the global coronavirus pandemic - COVID19.
As of Friday afternoon, the populous West African nation had reported 190…
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United States Investigates Child Labor in Ivory Coast Cocoa Supply Chains
U.S. customs authorities have asked cocoa traders to report where and when they encounter child labor in their supply chains in top grower Ivory Coast, three industry sources said, following calls from American lawmakers to ban some…
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