Production

On July 6, 2020 we carried an article by our UK-based contributor, Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng, titled "Is Fairtrade Fair To Cocoa Farmers", which has generated quite a debate on and off our platform. Fairtrade West African Network has taken…
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Prof. Joseph Assan (Heller) spoke at a virtual Heller School for Social Policy and Management event on March 24 about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted “livelihood sustainability and human wellbeing.” Hosted by the Center for…
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Research conducted by the Stanbic Bank Research Team has revealed that out of Ghana’s estimated production of 812,000 tons of cocoa beans, only 30 percent is processed locally although the country’s installed capacity for processing the…
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"Old and unproductive", that is how Francis Oko Lanquaye described his 4 and half-acre cocoa farm when he acquired it some years back. It is located at Otwebediedua, near Suhum in the Eastern Region, about 65 kilometres northwest of…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has said it intends to settle its $200 million debt owed some License Buying Companies (LBCs) and cocoa farmers across the country. Assurance for the settlement of the debt was given by the Public Affairs…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to appear before Parliament over non-payment to cocoa farmers through their respective Licensed Buying Companies (LBC) for the period of the 2020/21 crop season, the Ghana News Agency has reported.…
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Transroyal Ghana Limited, Tachibana and Guittard with technical support from the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) have funded the construction of Ghana's first cocoa fermentation centre and handed over to the Offinso Fine Flavour…
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Managing Campaigner for EcoCare Ghana, Mr. Obed Owusu-Addai, and his organization have thrown their support behind the ongoing “Securing Equitable Living Income for Cocoa Farmers campaign” that is seeking to eliminate extreme poverty among…
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According to Ghana’s Cocoa Regulator, COCOBOD, 83 per cent of all cocoa tree stock in the Nankese District of the Eastern Region have been infected by the swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD). This, according to the experts, coupled with…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana stand to rake in some whooping Gh¢11,484 from every acre of farm if every tree on their farm is supported to produce at least 60 mature pods. An acre of a well lined and pegged farm contains about 435 cocoa trees and…
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