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The ICE Benchmark Administration Limited has, in partnership with data solutions firm, Meridia, launched the ICE Commodity Traceability (ICE CoT) service. The technology platform is designed to support industries' compliance with the…
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The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has lauded Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and Afarinick Company Limited for successfully addressing challenges that bedevilled implementation of the ongoing National Cocoa Rehabilitation…
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Three Mountains Cocoa (TMC), an organic cocoa-sourcing startup, has announced the launch of its global operations. This marks a significant milestone in the TMC's journey to bring the finest African cocoa to chocolatiers and…
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The Cocoa Value Addition Artisans Association of Ghana (COVAAAGH) has commended the Government of Ghana's upcoming policy to provide cocoa beans to indigenous value addition and small-scale chocolate manufacturing enterprises. According…
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Ivory Coast cocoa farmers have mounted demand for a significant raise in cocoa farmgate prices ahead of the 2023/24 crop season which opens October 1. Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD), the official mouthpiece of cocoa…
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Rainforest Alliance has, as part of its “Yen Ne Mmofra No Nti” project, introduced the Human Rights Due Diligence Toolkit to help prevent, identify and address forced labour and child labour in the cocoa and gold sectors. The…
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Ivory Coast cocoa production in the upcoming 2023/24 crop season is projected to drop by as much as 20% compared to recent years due to poor weather, putting further upward pressure on prices, Reuters reported on Monday. Ivory Coast is…
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Ghana has announced it will pay a farmgate price of GHS20,943.84 (USD1,821) per tonne and GHS1308.99 per 64kg bag of cocoa beans for the 2023/24 crop season, which officially opened Friday, 8 September 2023. This historic 63.6% price…
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Rainforest Alliance (RA) has praised some of its partner licensed cocoa buying companies (LBCs) in Ghana for paying the mandatory $70 per ton Sustainability Differential premium to cocoa farmers. RA, an international sustainability…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana are asking the government for a remarkable increase in the farmgate price of their produce to tackle poverty, cross-border smuggling and illegal mining on cocoa farms. Addressing the media in the Ghanaian capital,…
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