Production

Ghana's cocoa sector is recovering steadily from the triple-headed problem of drought, disease and aged farms. The challenge meant that in the past couple of years the second-largest cocoa producer nation in the world had struggled at…
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The Chairman of Assiman Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative and Marketing Union Limited (AMCUFL), Theophilus Tamakloe, says cocoa sector Certification Schemes have shown limited impact on addressing livelihood issues, as farmers remain in poverty.…
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Nigerian cocoa industry advocate and Chairman Eti-Oni Development Group, Oba Dokun Thompson, says the problems of West Africa's cocoa industry will not go away unless the region takes cocoa value addition more seriously. Oba Thompson, who…
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The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of children identified as carrying out hazardous work on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast. Data from the cocoa sector child labour monitoring organisation…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) on Tuesday unveiled the $600-million cocoa syndicated loan facility to revamp the West African country's cocoa sector. The COCOBOD loan was pooled by a consortium of development finance institutions namely the…
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Cocoblock, a digital solution developed by French NGO Nitidae, has demonstrated blockchain technology can contribute to better traceability of cocoa production in Ivory Coast. Cocoblock blockchain, which according to Nitidae, was developed…
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A landmark agreement on land-lease in Ghana's leading cocoa producing hub is praised as significant in increasing national production output. A protracted land dispute had meant about 614,000 hectares of smallholder cocoa farms lacked…
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A yet to be released United States report that shows child labour has risen in the West African cocoa sector is to be reviewed independently following objections by Ghana and Ivory Coast, Reuters has reported. The top two cocoa producers…
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Below average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions last week meant more downpours were needed to strengthen the crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is currently in its rainy season,…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total 99,468 bags of Cocoa fertilizers to be distributed to 126 farmer cooperative groups within Wiawso and Akontombra districts of the…
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