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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
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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3 Ghanaians Among 50 Shortlisted In Cocoa of Excellence 2021
Cocoa of Excellence (CoEx) has announced the 50 finalists shortlisted for the 2021 International Cocoa Awards, where Ghana has repeated its 2019 feat with three spots.
Entries by Seth Yirenkyi and Charlse Oppong, both from Suhum in the…
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Ghana Records Highest Ever Cocoa Output In Its Production History
Ghana has exceeded the 1 million tonnes mark in cocoa production for the first time since the 2010/11 crop season.
Sources say the world's no.2 top producer has recorded one million and thirty thousand tonnes (1,030,000MT) with 10 weeks…
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Ghana Sees Positive Results With Pilot Cocoa Irrigation Project
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reported promising results from its pilot cocoa farm irrigation project launched two years.
Data from the COCOBOD indicate that farmers who signed on to the pilot phase of the irrigation programme in the…
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Solidaridad And EU Partner to Enhance Liberia Cocoa Value Chain
Solidaridad West Africa and the European Union Delegation in Liberia have teamed up on a new initiative to increase incomes and improve livelihoods in the Liberia cocoa value chain.
The intervention dubbed the Cocoa Value Chain…
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