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2018 Best Cocoa Farmer Adjudged Ghana’s 2019 Overall National Best Farmer
Mr Charles Gyamfi, a 58-year-old farmer from the Tano North District of the Ahafo Region, has been crowned the 2019 National Best Farmer in Ghana.
The 1st runner-up was Abdulai Atiku Seidu from the Upper West Region and the 2nd runner-up…
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COCOBOD Cautions Against Payment of Spot Premiums to Farmers
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has warned of severe sanctions against cocoa Licenced Buying Companies (LBCs) in the country engaged in the payment of spot premiums, describing it as unethical.
According to the regulator, some LBCs are…
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Niche Cocoa Bags Five Awards at 2019 Ghana Cocoa Awards
Niche Cocoa Industry Limited, a Ghanaian-owned cocoa processing company, swept a record five (5) awards at the maiden Ghana Cocoa Awards held in Accra.
The company won the Cocoa processing Company of the year (Tertiary), Processing Company…
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Ghana’s Cocobod Chief Boahen Aidoo, Ivory Coast’s Brahima Kone Share top Cocoa Award
Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, and his Ivorian counterpart Yves Brahima Kone have jointly been honoured with the "Cocoa Farmer Income Sustainability Honorary Award" at the historic first edition of the Ghana…
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Two Professors Honoured at 2019 Ghana Cocoa Awards
Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, President of the Ghana Technology University College and Professor Frederick Addai, former Head of Anatomy of the University of Ghana Medical School, have been honored for their contribution to the cocoa…
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ECOM Ghana Subsidiaries Kiteko and Crop Doctor Win Big at Ghana Cocoa Awards
ECOM Ghana, a leading global commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain management company picked two awards at the maiden Ghana Cocoa Awards.
Two subsidiaries of the company, Kiteko Ghana Ltd was adjudged the Best Haulage Company…
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Yara Ghana wins Fertiliser Agro Input of the Year at maiden Ghana Cocoa Awards
Yara Ghana Limited, a leading name in fertilizer dealership in Ghana, has won the Agro Input of the Year (fertilizer) at the maiden Ghana Cocoa Awards held in Accra.
The company’s input package for cocoa which is the Asaase Wura and…
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Ghanaian, Ivorian Cocoa Farmers to be Paid $400 per Tonnes from 2021
President Akufo-Addo has hinted that beginning from the 2021 crop season of cocoa production in Ghana and Ivory Coast, farmers in the two respective countries will be paid a Living Income Differential (LIB) of four hundred United States…
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Solidaridad Offers 1-Year Affiliation for Ghana Cocoa Awards Best Journalist in Cocoa Reporting
International non-governmental development organisation, Solidaridad West Africa, is offering 1-year affiliation for the winner of Best Journalist in Cocoa Reporting Award at the upcoming Ghana Cocoa Awards 2019 (GCA).
"The winner would be…
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Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia To Grace Ghana Cocoa Awards
Ghana's Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is scheduled to grace the historic first edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards (GCA) as the Special Guest of Honour for the event, which comes off November 22, 2019 in Accra.
Dr. Bawumia is…
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