Regulatory

Ghana Cocoa Board’s Anti-smuggling Task Force has in collaboration with the security agencies intercepted over 1,500 bags of cocoa being smuggled to neighbouring countries. According to the Director of Special Services at COCOBOD,…
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Ghana Cocoa Board has inaugurated an 8-member committee to spearhead efforts to boost local consumption of chocolate and cocoa products. The move falls in line with long-term plans to build local capacity in value addition to target the…
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Ghana will cut back 30% of cocoa exports to Europe and America onto emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia in line with a 5-year market diversification strategy, a source has hinted to Cocoa Post. The plan seeks…
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A new stakeholder expert group has been constituted to explore a lasting solution to the cocoa price standoff between West African producers and buyers. Announcing the move, the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) said the…
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Ivory Coast and Ghana will not be attending the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting scheduled to be held in Brussels from October 26-27. The meeting which is the leading global conference on cocoa sustainability will miss the…
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Some cocoa farmers in the Volta Region have expressed gratitude to the Government and the Management of Ghana Cocoa Board for increasing the farmgate price of cocoa for the 2022/23 crop year. In reaction to the announcement, Nana Kwame…
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The Government of Ghana through the Ghana Cocoa Board is developing a Cocoa Management System, CMS, to enable Ghana to meet the European(EU) due diligence requirements, Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has…
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Ghana has increased its cocoa producer price from GHS660 to GHS800 per bag for its 2022/23 crop, said Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture in Accra, on Wednesday. The new farmgate price which represents a 21%…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has secured its thirtieth successive cocoa syndicated loan facility to purchase the country's 2022/23 crop. The $1.13 pre-export receivables backed trade finance facility was pooled by a consortium of…
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Dawn of life, a cocoa farming community near Akorabo in the Suhum Cocoa District will benefit from an ultra-modern community water project from Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) as the cocoa regulator marks 75 years of existence. This was…
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