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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
Ghana, Israel Collaborate to Eliminate Cocoa Swollen Shoot Disease
Ghana and Israel have signed a cooperation agreement to combat the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD).
Ghana is the world second largest producer of cocoa, the chief ingredient in chocolate.
However, a myriad of challenges…
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150,000 Cocoa Seedlings Distributed to Farmers in Ashanti Region
The Asante-Akim South Municipal Assembly of Ghana's Ashanti Region has distributed 150,000 hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers in its bid to increase yield and improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in the Municipality.
The exercise, which…
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Your 5-Minute Guide to Sustainable Cocoa
Did you ever wonder who grows the cocoa beans used to make your chocolate? Six million farmers around the world bring you this sweet crop.
It was a sacred Aztec beverage. Its melting point, just below body temperature, seems to…
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Ivory Coast Cocoa Arrivals Reach 2.111 Million Tonnes by July 21
Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 2.111 million tonnes this season for the period from Oct. 1 to July 21, exporters estimated on Monday, up about 9pc from 1.928 million tonnes during the same period last season.…
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COCOBOD to Distribute 60 Million Hybrid Seedlings to Farmers
COCOBOD will this year distribute about 60 million hybrid cocoa seedlings free of charge to farmers across cocoa growing districts to plant to increase their yield and incomes.
Mr Kwadwo Danso, Ashanti Regional Manager of Cocoa Health and…
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Yayra Glover Advocates Organic Cocoa Farming In Ghana
Mr Yayrator Glover, Chief Executive Officer of Yayra Glover Ghana Limited, an organic cocoa production company, has advocated for investments in organically cultivated cocoa to help the nation reclaim its place as the world's highest…
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Cocoa Farming Input To Be Provided Through Farmer Cooperatives – COCOBOD
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has adopted a new policy of providing support services, farming products and inputs to cocoa farmers through their registered cooperatives to ensure far more efficient and timely delivery to all cocoa farmer…
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Motorised Slashers To Accelerate Ghana’s Cocoa Farm Mechanisation
The Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, hinted that from October 2019 cocoa farmers would be introduced to motorised slashers to reduce the use of hoes and cutlasses in farm maintenance.
He insisted, however, that such support…
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COCOBOD Launches Cocoa Farmer Cooperatives to Advance Productivity and Sustainability
Cocoa farmer groups or associations have become a mobilisation point for farmers who unite to advance the course of their businesses.
Cocoa farmer cooperatives born by friendship but mostly expand to comprise farmers in the same catchment…
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Black Pod Disease Threatens Nigeria’s Cocoa Main Crop
Nigeria’s 2019-20 cocoa crop is threatened by an attack of the fungal black-pod disease due to the wetness created by persistent rains in the main cocoa-growing areas, the industry association said.
“The losses could escalate if the rains…
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