Op-ed

Forever and a day, Saturday 9th September, 2023 would remain etched indelibly in the memories of Ghanaian cocoa farmers for a very long time for the glad tidings it brought to their homes. The day was not only a great day but undeniably…
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Dynamic agroforestry is a sustainable form of land use that integrates different types of trees and crops. It promotes the production of numerous tree species alongside cocoa, unlike traditional cocoa farming, which frequently entails…
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Galamsey - the illegal mining of gold and other precious minerals - has become a severe environmental and social issue in many cocoa farming communities across the country. The unregulated mining activities have not only caused vast…
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Dear Fellow Citizens of Ghana, I am writing this appeal to bring to your attention the critical issue of illegal mining or galamsey and its adverse impact on our cocoa plantations. Cocoa is one of the essential crops that contribute…
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A Position Paper by Cocoa Post The European Commission in November 2021, tabled a proposed legislation before the EU parliament that will enforce regulation on certain imported products on its market deemed to be associated with…
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The effects of climate change, especially on agriculture production, have made it a necessity for countries to consider the use of renewable energy to reduce the over-reliance on the use of fossil fuels and their concomitant impact on the…
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In the year 2020, Ghana and Ivory Coast were able to secure a $400 per metric ton of cocoa beans as a Living Income Differential levy to be paid by any buyers of Cocoa beans from the two West African countries. With Ghana’s positive…
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I am sure that most stakeholders in the Cocoa sector have heard about the fake “Lab-Grown Chocolate” project under trial in Switzerland. This innovation which is being trialled as a possible solution to the “sustainability issues” raised…
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Ghana’s main upgrading strategy in the cocoa sector has been to maintain quality while struggling with cocoa processing and manufacturing of chocolate. Previous governments of Ghana have attempted to process cocoa into various products,…
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On the 27th of May 2021, Ghana Investment Promotion Authority (GIPC), organised the GIPC Cocoa Value Chain Investment Meeting with key stakeholders in the sector. As a cocoa farmer’s son with a keen personal and professional interest in…
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