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Management of Cocoa Post, the organizers of Ghana Cocoa Awards scheme has entered into a partnership with the Business and Financial Times (B&FT) for this year’s cocoa awards. The event, which is slated for November 12, 2021, at …
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Ghana's cocoa regulator, Cocobod, has earmarked one percent of cocoa sold by cocoa farmers as counterpart funding for the country's newly launched Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme. The long-awaited welfare intervention for the Ghanaian cocoa…
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The maiden edition of Ghana Cocoa Summit is scheduled to take place in Accra on Friday 12 November 2021. The event, which forms part of the annual Ghana Cocoa Awards, is aimed at exploring agribusiness opportunities available in the…
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The Ghanaian cocoa sector's transition from the old analogue mechanical weighing scales to digital electronic weighing scales is said to take effect from October 8, 2021, when cocoa purchases officially commence. "To assist the farmer to…
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Ghana's government has maintained the cocoa producer price for the 2021/22 crop year at GH¢10,560 per metric tonne, translating to GH¢660 per bag (64kg) at the farmgate effective October 8, 2021. "This price represents 87.15% of the FOB…
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French chocolate maker, Valrhona, and Swiss-Ghanaian startup Koa Impact have introduced "Oabika" a cocoa fruit juice concentrate for chefs and other gastronomy professionals. The product, the latest of many derived from Koa's cocoa pulp…
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Fairtrade, a global label for social justice and sustainability, and the New York-based B Lab are set to announce a new partnership aimed at advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through responsible business…
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Ghana Cocoa Board's national Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme risks total collapse following an admission by some supervisors and cocoa farmers that the Programme is crumpling and needs to be rescued immediately. The youth providing labour…
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The 3rd annual edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards (GCA) will celebrate the country’s achievement of a new cocoa beans production record while highlighting industry’s contribution. Ghana Cocoa Board, the industry regulator, announced early this…
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Scientists at Cocoa Cure Centre (CCC), an Israeli research agency, have dismissed the German government-backed synthetic chocolate solution to cocoa sustainability. The centre is not impressed by "European startups striving to replace…
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