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Ghana's cocoa regulator COCOBOD is partnering with the country's Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) to undertake research to back some anecdotal nutritional and health properties of cocoa. The work is said to focus on specific…
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), eighty percent of the farmland in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia is managed by smallholder farmers, who are estimated to produce a third of the world's food supply. Research also shows…
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The International Cocoa Initiative(ICI) has announced that it is seeking to completely eliminate child and forced labour in the cocoa supply chain in Ghana and Ivory Coast. This follows research findings by the National Opinion Research…
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Coffee and cocoa from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are internationally renowned for their high quality and robust flavour. The industry is also an important economic driver in Congo. In North and South Kivu, an estimated…
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Ghana's record cocoa production in a decade has necessitated additional borrowing from the domestic market to finance purchases. As of June 3 2021, the world's second-largest cocoa producer had recorded 965,493 metric tonnes in cocoa…
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A chocolate processing factory is to be established in Rwanda through collaboration between Ghana and the East African country to boost bilateral trade. Reciprocally, Rwanda will also establish a formulation plant in Ghana for the…
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Global food giant, Nestle SA, has admitted in a company document that over 60% of its food products and drinks are not healthy. Nestle is well known globally for a tall list of household brands such as Milo, KitKat, Magi, Nescafe,…
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Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator, Conseil Cafe Cacao (CCC), has called out leading chocolate makers for refusal to pay the Living Income Differential (LID), a $400-per-tonne premium. West African neighbours and the world's top two cocoa…
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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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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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