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Cocoa News category is the anchor segment for the stories from the various stages of the cocoa industry value chain
COCOBOD Rewards 2023 Best Cocoa Farmers
The management of Ghana Cocoa Board has presented various award packages to the deserving winners of the 2023 national cocoa farmers awards during a ceremony at Cocoa House in Accra.
The packages, which include vehicles and cash amounts,…
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Delay in Seed Fund Payment Collapsing Indigenous LBCs
The Council Chairman of the Cocoa Abrabopa Association, Ismail Pomasi, has decried the Ghana Cocoa Board's continued delay in the release of the Seed Fund to licenced buying companies (LBCs) for the purchase of cocoa beans.
He has…
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Favourable Prices Spark Cocoa Pod Theft In Nigeria
There is drama in West Africa as cocoa pods have become the target of thieves eager to cash in on the historic hike in the commodity's price.
From thieves stealing pods to traders rigging scales — high drama is unfolding in Nigeria and…
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Africa Bags 13 Nominations for 2023 Cacao of Excellence Awards
Seven cocoa-origin African countries have together secured 13 nominations among the 50 finalists shortlisted for the 2023 Cacao of Excellence Awards.
They are Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Cote…
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Cocoa OPEC Now Set to Admit New Members
The Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) has adopted new guidelines signalling its readiness to admit new members to the organisation initiated to advance the interests of cocoa farmers.
The Board of CIGCI, made up of the world's…
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Global Cashew Demand Driving Nature Loss in Ivory Coast
A new report by environment groups is said to reveal, for the first time, how increasing global demand for cashews has driven a rapid expansion of cashew orchards in Côte d'Ivoire, causing nature loss and threatening food security.
Côte…
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Farmers Applaud Livelihood Interventions by CAA and Ritter Sport
Farmer organisation Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) is partnering with Alfred Ritter GmbH, a chocolate manufacturer of the Ritter Sport brand, to support its farmer groups in the Western South cocoa region with additional livelihood…
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Rainforest Alliance, Partners Help Tackle Poverty In Cocoa Communities
Rainforest Alliance, a non-governmental organisation, and its partners International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and Solidaridad Ghana, with funding from NORAD, have supported beneficiaries resident in the following seven Ghanaian cocoa…
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Ghana Borrows $200m From Cocoa Traders As Syndicated Loan Delays
Ghana's Cocobod has borrowed between $150 million and $200 million from cocoa traders to finance bean purchases since the 2023/24 season opened, due to a delay in securing a bank loan, the regulator's public affairs manager said on Tuesday.…
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