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Let’s Make Cocoa Sector Climate Resilient – President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo Addo has charged the Forestry Commission and the Ghana Cocoa Board to ensure that they join forces through the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme to make the country's cocoa sector climate resilient.
This call he made…
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First tranche of $1.3bn Cocoa Syndicated Loan Hits BoG’s Account
An amount of US$600 million representing the first tranche of Ghana Cocoa Board's US$1.3 billion cocoa syndicated loan has hit the accounts of the Bank of Ghana.
The loan was signed between the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and some…
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1st African Cocoa & Chocolate Expo Opens in Accra Today 4th October
From the 4th to the 6th October 2019, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) will host the maiden edition of the African Cocoa & Chocolate Expo (ACCE) in the heart of the nation’s capital, Accra.
For three days, this historic…
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Cargill and IFC renew partnership to improve cocoa sector
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate has renewed its partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to introduce new initiatives to strengthen cocoa producing cooperatives and their communities through an improved Coop Academy 2.0.…
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UN chocolate bar aims to tackle poverty in the cocoa sector
The United Nations Development Programme and the FairChain Foundation have created The Other Bar, a chocolate bar that challenges consumers to take direct action against poverty.
Launching on Oct. 14, this experiment pilots a new way of…
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Ghana’s Producer Price Of Cocoa Up 8.42% to GHS515 Per Bag
The producer price of cocoa in Ghana has been increased by 8.42 per cent, moving the price of a 62.5-kilogramme bag of the commodity from GH¢475 to GH¢515 for the 2019/2020 cocoa season.
“The government has decided to increase the price…
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Cocoa Forest Redd+ Programme To Be Launched
Ghana's government will, on Friday, 4 October 2019, launch the Cocoa Forest Redd+ Programme in Accra, Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed.
The Cocoa Forest Redd Plus Programme is aimed at promoting a climate-smart…
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Buy All Fertilizer for Cocoa Farming Locally – Ghana Veep Directs COCOBOD
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has directed the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to purchase all fertilizers intended to be supplied to cocoa farmers locally next year since local fertilizer companies have the capacity to supply them.
He…
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Cocoa Farmers in West Africa at the Mercy of Global Markets
Stand in the supermarket sweets aisle for any length of time and you would be forgiven for thinking your biggest problem is which chocolate bar to choose.
Chocolate lovers should savour the selection while they can — the future of the…
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Turn to Cocoa Farming – COCOBOD to Ghanaians
The acting Managing Director of the Quality Control Division of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Nana Karikari Addo, has encouraged educated unemployed youth to embark on cocoa farming.
He said the production of the crop was no more the…
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