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Production category catalogues the general activities involving cocoa bean production as a raw material and may capture seedling production, farming, agronomic practices, harvesting, post-harvest condition, disease, warehousing and haulage, etc
Let’s Protect Cocoa Farms By Supporting Fight Against Galamsey
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has charged all Ghanaians to support the fight against ‘galamsey’ in cocoa growing areas as a form of deliberately protecting national pride.
It, therefore, wants all and sundry to join the campaign in…
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Farmers Want Financial Institutions Mandated To Finance Agriculture
Cocoa farmers in Ghana have called on the government to mandate financial institutions to finance agriculture as part of their credit portfolio.
This they believe will enable them to access funds needed to increase output.
This call…
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Black Pod Outbreak Following Rains Could Dampen Ghana’s Harvest
A raging incidence of the black pod disease is threatening cocoa crop yield over large swathes of farms across cocoa-producing regions in Ghana.
The outbreak, farmers told Cocoa Post is spreading at an alarming rate exacerbated by heavy…
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ICCO Forecasts Global Cocoa Production To Fall By One-third
According to ICCO forecasts, Cocoa production for the 2021/22 cocoa season is set to fall by one-third due to less conducive weather conditions and the outbreak of swollen shoot disease.
The International Cocoa Organisation’s (ICCO)…
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Nigeria Eyes LID For Smallholder Cocoa Farmers To Improve Livelihood
The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) says it is hoping to tap into Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire's $400 per tonne Living Income Differential (LID) to improve the livelihoods of its smallholder farmers.
West African neighbours, Ghana…
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Cocobod Set To Handover 51K Hectares Of Rehabilitated Cocoa Farms
Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to commence a process to hand over 51,000 hectares of successfully rehabilitated cocoa farms to owners.
The cocoa farms are part of some 136,000 hectares of moribund and Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus…
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Nigeria Targets World No.1 Position In Cocoa Production By Next 5 Years
The Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN) has declared their lofty ambition of outperforming fellow West African countries Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire in the next five years to become the leading producer of Cocoa in the world.…
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Climate Change-Induced Heavy Rains Threaten Cocoa Production
In recent months, there has been continuous heavy rainfall across the country – with its accompanying challenges like flooding, breeding diseases and plant failure within the agriculture space – in which cocoa production is seriously…
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COCOBOD To Introduce Mini Farm Trucks For Cocoa Farmers
Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has hinted of plans to introduce mini farm trucks to cocoa farmers to aid the carting of essential farm inputs between farms and the communities.
The initiative is part of efforts by the Ghanaian cocoa sector…
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Report Arrears To District Managers For Immediate Payment – LICOBAG To Cocoa Farmers
The Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association of Ghana (LICOBAG) has dismissed reports in the local media claiming that buyers are indebted to cocoa farmers running into several months.
Reacting to the allegations at a press conference in…
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