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Opinion category is dedication to write ups by contributors, reporters and among others which purely reflect their opinions on a matter subject within or affecting the cocoa industry
Exploring The Potentials Of Solar Energy Applications In Ghana’s Cocoa Sector
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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Are Cocoa Farmers Paid The Whole US$ 400/MT LID Levy?
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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The Cocoa Sector & Europe’s Renewed Lab-Grown Chocolate Agenda
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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Expand Value Addition To Ghana’s Cocoa Beyond The Idea Of Chocolate
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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Why COCOBOD Must Link Increased Local Value Addition Strategy To Farmers’ Livelihoods
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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Could China’s Entry Into Cocoa Production Benefit Ghana?
I am sure when we heard of China’s first export of 500 Kilograms of cocoa beans to Belgium we cringed asking ourselves, can China produce cocoa beans?
Well, for me, I have rather wondered exactly what pride there is in being acclaimed as…
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Must Ghana Panic Over China’s First Ever Cocoa Export To Europe?
The international media and Ghana's local media have been awash with news of China's first-ever export of cocoa beans to Europe, precisely Belgium.
According to the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS), the first…
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Why Ghana Will No Longer Sell Cocoa To Switzerland
A year ago, Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo became the first African leader to be invited in about 60 years on a state visit to Switzerland.
But his visit may not have gone as his host would wish as he announced that his…
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Why Ghana & Ivory Coast Should Exit Federation Of Cocoa Commerce Permanently
We recently heard of Ghana and Ivory Coast allegedly noticing Hershey's invading of the $400/t Living Income Differential levy agreed by the industry. This levy is meant to pay and help improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers. This…
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How Does Poverty Taste? CHOCOLATEY.
To mark the launch of the 2020 Cocoa Barometer on the first of December, Solidaridad’s Isaac Gyamfi & Heske Verburg write about the need to change gear in the cocoa industry.
WITH EVERY BITE OF OUR FAVOURITE CHOCOLATE BAR, WE SWALLOW…
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