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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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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 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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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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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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Lack of data is the key setback in Cocoa production and marketing in Uganda. Emmanuel Lubega, the Uganda-South Sudan national coordinator at the East African Business Council-EABC, argues that even when hundreds of farmers are involved…
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Ghana has been growing cocoa for about one and half centuries. Once the world's number one producer of cocoa beans, it lost that spot to neighbouring Ivory Coast. The nature of the country's cocoa economy has barely changed since the…
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A massive shakeup in management at Barry Callebaut Group has seen the Board of Directors appoint Peter F. Boone as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2021. Boone is the current President Region Americas and a member…
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More than 5,000 hectares of cocoa farmlands in the Western North Region have been destroyed by illegal mining activities (galamsey). This was disclosed by the Deputy Chief Executive in-Charge of Agronomy and Quality Control at the Ghana…
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Venchi, the Italian chocolate and gelato manufacturer, has successfully introduced an exciting new addition to its range of sorbet made from cocoa fruit. The vegan Venchi gelato is based on Koa Pure, a 100% natural cocoa fruit juice…
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