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Ghana Diversifies 30% of Cocoa Exports To New Markets By 2027
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.
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New Expert Group To Explore Solution To Cocoa Price Standoff
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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Ghana, Ivory Coast Boycott Brussels Sustainability Meeting Over Cocoa Price
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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New Cocoa Price: Volta Region Farmers Applaud Government
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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Ghana Hopeful To Meet EU Due Diligence With Cocoa Management System
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 Raises Cocoa Producer Price To GHS800 For 2022/23 Crop
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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Cocobod Signs $1.13 Billion 30th Annual Cocoa Syndicated Loan
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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Community Gets COCOBOD @ 75 Anniversary Water Project
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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Mass Rollout Of Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme Begins This Month
Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to begin the full-scale rollout of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme effective this month, October 2022.
The Board Chairman of Cocobod, Peter Mac Manu, disclosed this at the 2022 Cocoa Day celebrations…
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Nigeria Cocoa Body To Develop Charter For Joining LID Bloc
The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken a cue from Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire’s Living Income Differential initiative for cocoa producers to address challenges facing the country’s cocoa sector.
In view of this, a National Cocoa…
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