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The Ghana Agroforestry for Impact (GAIM) project has been launched in Goaso, Ahafo Region, to help improve the livelihoods and climate resilience of cocoa farmers. The 3-year project (2024-2026) is being implemented by Fairtrade Africa…
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Ivory Coast is set to announce an increment in the cocoa farmgate price by 50%, raising it from 1000 to 1500 CFA francs ($2.47) per kilogramme. President Alassane Ouattara is programmed to make the official announcement on Tuesday, April…
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A leading Ghanaian cocoa buyer, Federated Commodities Limited (FEDCO), is diversifying into Ghana's emerging cashew and rice sectors, prodded by the lingering cocoa crisis. Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has seen an…
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In a startling turn of events for the global cocoa market, cocoa prices have soared past the $9200 mark for the first time in history, triggering concerns among industry experts. The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) quoted a tonne…
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African Cocoa Marketplace, Inc. (ACM), a new ethical cocoa trade company, has been launched to offer marketing and qualitative assurance solutions for African cocoa products and services. A press release copied to Cocoa Post said ACM…
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The 2024 edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has revealed that cocoa farmer poverty remains largely unaddressed while chocolate companies continue to rake in billions in profits. While briefing the media in Accra on the report of this…
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The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the Government of Ghana, and other global partners have launched a ground-breaking initiative to eliminate child labour in African supply chains. The intervention, dubbed "Accelerating Together…
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Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around the world are likely to soar. Chocolate-makers have…
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Prolonged dry Harmattan conditions have compelled the Ghana Cocoa Board to suspend its planned handing over of thousands of newly rehabilitated cocoa farms, a source at the regulator has revealed to Cocoa Post. In a speech read for the…
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Several beneficiaries of Ghana's cocoa rehabilitation programme have kicked against a planned handover of rehabilitated cocoa farms to them. Last month, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced its intention to officially hand over…
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