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US Supreme Court Throws Out Child Slavery Suit Against Nestle, Cargill
The US Supreme Court has made a ruling absolving food giants Nestle and Cargill of any wrongdoing in a child slavery suit brought against them by six men from Mali.
The apex court's decision effectively reverses a lower-court ruling that…
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African Farmers To Discuss Trade Conditions At 7th Fairtrade Convention
The Programmes Director of Fairtrade Africa, Chris Oluoch, has disclosed that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted adversely on farmers in Africa, with many losing up to 80 percent of their revenue.
Aside from the revenue losses occasioned…
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Ivory Coast Cocoa Waste Electricity Project Will Serve 1.7Million People
About 1.7 million people in Ivory Coast will be connected to the municipal electricity grid by 2023 when the construction of a cocoa-powered renewable energy plant is completed.
The project in the cocoa-growing town of Divo is being…
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Green Ghana Project: COCOBOD To Plant 1.6Million Shade Trees
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planting over 1.6 million forest trees in the 2020/2021 cocoa crop year on cocoa farms across the country and also as part of its National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme.
COCOBOD is embarking on a…
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World Food Safety Day – Barry Callebaut Engages Farmers On Best Practices
In line with activities marking this year’s World Food Safety Day, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, Barry Callebaut Ghana has taken the message of food safety to some key cocoa-growing…
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CSOs Decry Destruction Of Cocoa Farms And Water Sources
Civil society activists operating within Ghana's cocoa sector have blown the alarm on the continuous destruction of cocoa farmlands and water sources by illegal gold miners.
New investigative video footage on the state of water sources…
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COCOBOD Adopts Green Technologies In Seedling Production
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has adopted the use of cocopeat and re-usable receptacles as new technologies for raising cocoa seedlings at nursery sites.
The green technologies of cocopeat growing medium and re-usable plastic containers…
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Ghana Produces 92million Hybrid Cocoa Seedlings For 2020/21 Crop Year
The Seed Production Division of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has successfully raised 92 million hybrid cocoa seedlings for the 2020/2021 Crop Season.
The hybrid cocoa seedlings are targeted at supporting the ongoing Cocoa Rehabilitation…
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Cadbury Cocoa Farmer Fund Supports 15,600 Women To Improve Incomes
A total of 15,600 female cocoa farmers in Ghana are to benefit from a £257,000 Cadbury Farmer Resilience Fund grant to set up a range of climate-smart small enterprises.
The women are part of nine partner cocoa farmer cooperatives within…
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MASO – 5 Year Youth In Cocoa Programme In Ghana Ends
The 5-year Next Generation Cocoa Youth Programme (MASO) to create employment opportunities for young people mostly in cocoa-farming communities in Ghana has officially come to an end.
The programme, also known as MASO, was funded by the…
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