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How Dubai Is Positioning Itself As An International Cocoa Trade Centre
The Emirati city of Dubai has achieved global acclaim as one of the world's most popular holiday and tourism destinations. But what Dubai is not known for is a reputation as an international trade centre for cocoa. I bet you would not have…
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The Rainforest Alliance Names Santiago Gowland As New CEO
The Rainforest Alliance (RA), an international non-profit organization, has announced Santiago Gowland as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Gowland joins RA from The Nature Conservancy, where he served as Executive Vice President…
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167 Ghana Cocoa Farmers Receive Fairtrade’s Living Income Premium
167 farmers in the Abakoase Society of Fanteakwa Union in the Eastern Region of Ghana have received Fairtrade’s Living Income Reference Price Differential for the 2020/2021 cocoa season at a ceremony organised by the leadership of the…
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Cocoa Abrabopa Gets Support To Promote Human Rights In Communities
- Cocoa Abrabopa Association receives help to set up a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System
- Chocolate companies - Mars Wrigley, Sucden, ASCOT Amsterdam are funding the project
- International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) providing…
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Ghana And Côte d’Ivoire Confer In Midterm Review of LID Implementation
Officials of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and Côte d'Ivoire's Conseil Cafe Cacao (CCC) are locked in a crunch meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, over the implementation of the Living Income Differential (LID) for their cocoa farmers.…
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Nigeria Cocoa Farmers Eye Big Wins From China, Australia’s Entry
Contrary to the belief that China and Australia’s entry into cocoa production possesses a threat to West African growers, farmers in Africa’s biggest economy are optimistic that the break-in by both countries will be beneficial to them.…
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COCOBOD Trains Staff To Monitor Cocoa Sustainability Programs
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in partnership with Fairtrade Africa has held a two-day training workshop for some staff of its Research Department on Fairtrade standards and sustainability.
The training workshop sought to enhance the…
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Cameroon Loses 40 to 50% Of Cocoa Seedlings To Climate Change Yearly
Cameroon loses 40 to 50% of its cocoa seedlings in nursery plants every year because of climate change due to which dry seasons are increasingly longer.
This was revealed by Jean Claude Akouafane, director-general of the Cocoa Development…
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Ghana Cocoa Farmers Threaten To Give Up Farmlands Over Delayed Payment
Hundreds of tonnes of cocoa beans are stuck in a shed at Aboaso in the Juaboso District of the Western North Region because they have not been purchased.
Obviously livid local cocoa farmers have threatened to give up their farmlands to…
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China Cocoa Export: Ghana Must Be More Aggressive At Value Addition
News about China exporting cocoa to Belgium has unsettled many in Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa beans exporter.
Concerns are that the Chinese, with capital and technology, will outcompete Africa's cocoa producers whose…
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