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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 Cocoa Farmers Lament Income Disruption Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic - COVID-19 - bites hard on global economies, cocoa farmers are making a case for Ghana to create a local demand for the industrial use of cocoa so as not to overly rely on international markets.
At Korboe Farms…
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COCOBOD Boss Decries Destruction of Cocoa Farms By Illegal Miners
The Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, is appealing to the security agencies to intensify the fight against illegal (galamsey) miners whose activities are destroying acres of cocoa farms.
The Cocobod boss said, “ they come…
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COCOBOD Confident of Higher Yield per Acre With Introduction of Mass Pruning
Dr. Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh, Deputy Chief Executive In-Charge of Agronomy and Quality Control has expressed confidence in the positive outcome of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) motorized mass national pruning exercise across all cocoa…
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Three Cocoa Farmer Cooperatives in Nkonya Receive Certificate to Operate
As part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa farmers, the institution has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities in the country to come together as a vibrant community-based Cocoa farmers cooperative.…
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COCOBOD Outdoors Motorized Pruners and Slashers for Farmers
COCOBOD in its quest to reduce drudgery and introduce modern practices in cocoa farming has out-doored motorized pruners and slashers for weeding and pruning in cocoa farms across the country.
Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive of…
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COCOBOD, MEDA Commit to Eradicating Cocoa Swollen Shoot Disease
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has partnered the Mennonite Economic Development Association (MEDA) to control the spread of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) among cocoa trees.
The partnership seeks to tackle the disease to…
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Ghana Optimistic of Achieving 1 Million Tonnes in 2020/21 Cocoa Crop Season
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is optimistic about producing one million tonnes of cocoa for the 2020/2021 cocoa crop season.
According to its Chief Executive, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the introduction of the Living Income Differential (LID)…
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COCOBOD Dialogues with Chainsaw Contractors as Cocoa Farm Rehab Programme Takes off
Dr. Emmanuel Nii Tackie-Otoo, Acting Executive Director of Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has stated that his outfit is embarking on massive rehabilitation of diseased and unproductive cocoa farms…
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Ghana’s Cocoa Output Hit Hard by Dry, Hot Winds
Overly dry and hot winds in West Africa are damaging prospects for cocoa output for the second year in Ghana, the world's second-largest producer, sources told Reuters News Agency.
Cocoa futures on Intercontinental Exchange are near their…
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