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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
United States Investigates Ivory Coast over Forced Labour in Cocoa Production
A team from U.S. Customs and Border Protection visited agricultural regions of Ivory Coast last week to begin investigating whether cocoa is produced there with forced or indentured child labor and, if so, whether the U.S. should block…
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Ghana’s Samuel Tetteh-Korboe Wins 2019 International Cocoa Awards
Ghanaian cocoa farmer Samuel Tetteh-Korboe has won the 2019 International Cocoa Awards at a ceremony in Paris, France on Wednesday, October 30 2019.
Samuel, who is also a professional accountant, was named among five winners from the…
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Ghana’s COCOBOD Tackles Soil Acidity in Cocoa Regions to Boost Production
In its quest to boost cocoa production and increase benefits to cocoa farmers, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has partnered two agro-chemical companies for the introduction of fertiliser that tackles soil acidity, which is hampering…
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UTZ Cocoa Certification Audits Reveal More Work to be Done in Eliminating Child Labour,…
The leading organization responsible for policing standards in the world’s cocoa industry has regularly approved cocoa from West African farms that use child labor or have contributed to deforestation of the region, interviews and…
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Ghanaian Farmer’s Amazing Testimonial About Cocoa Hand Pollination
A young Cocoa Farmer at Bompieso in the Huni Valley Cocoa District, Alex Appiah, has narrated and testified in a video recorded on his farm, the impact of the cocoa hand pollination exercise carried out on his farm this year.
In the said…
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Ivory Coast 2019/2020 Crop to Hit 1.7m Tonnes
A research by Commerzbank has revealed that Ivory Coast, the world's largest producer of Cocoa, is likely to hit around 1.7 million tonnes for the 2019/2020 crop season.
The report says thanks to good weather in recent weeks, respondents…
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Ghana Cocoa Sector Needs Active Youth Involvement to Fully Develop, MASO Leads the Way
Head of Communications of Solidaridad West Africa, Mr Bossman Owusu, has said the Next Generation Youth in Cocoa Programme, also known as MASO, is leading the transformation of the cocoa sector in the subregion by professionalising the…
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Ghana, Ivory Coast Considering the Introduction of Annual Cocoa Production Ceiling
Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producers, are looking at introducing a cocoa production ceiling to support global prices and discourage overproduction, the countries’ industry regulators said on Wednesday.
The move comes…
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Ghana Cuts 2019/2020 Cocoa Crop Projection to 850k Tonnes
The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has revised downward by 16 percent the cocoa crop target – from 950,000 metric tonnes to 850,000 metric tonnes.
Ghana's cut in production was disclosed by the Chief Executive of Cocobod, Joseph Boahen Aidoo,…
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Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Dread Floods and Disease Amid Onset of Rains
Heavy rain in Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions threatens to compromise bean quality, raising fears of flooding and crop disease, farmers said on Monday.
Harvesting started early for the October-to-March main crop, and farmers expect it…
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