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Swollen Shoot Disease: Farmers In Ghana’s Top Producing Region Count Losses
Ghana Cocoa Board has stepped up its cocoa rehabilitation programme in the Western North Region following the devastating effect of the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD).
The region had over 500,000 hectares of cocoa farms and…
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COCOBOD Steps Up Cocoa Farm Rehabilitation Programme In Western North
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has rolled out a cocoa rehabilitation programme of cocoa farms affected by the swollen shoot disease in the Western North Cocoa Region.
As part of the cocoa rehabilitation programme, COCOBOD has directed all…
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COCOBOD’s Electronic Scales To End Tampering Not Ready Until 2021
The management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has moved to end the practice of weighing scale tampering with fresh preventive and punitive measures.
Cocoa buyers in the West African nation have come under fire after a media exposé…
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Ghana Court Okays Screening of Investigative Report Exposing Cheating By Cocoa Traders
Ghana's Court of Appeal has unanimously approved the broadcast of an investigative report by local media organisation, Multimedia Group, detailing systematic cheating by some licenced buying companies (LBCs).
Cocoa traders or the LBCs…
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NGO Coalition Pressure Ghana And Ivory Coast Over Cocoa Sustainability Action
NGO Coalition Pressure Ghana And Ivory Coast Over Cocoa Sustainability Action
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COCOBOD Reopens After COVID-19 Shut Down For Fumigation
The staff of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have returned to work after a three-day closure of the Cocoa House and the Head Offices of its subsidiaries and divisions in Accra for a fumigation exercise.
COCOBOD reopens after the fumigation…
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Coronavirus Forces COCOBOD Shut Down As Staff Test Positive
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will shut down its corporate and divisional offices in Accra for fumigation, effective Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
The COCOBOD Coronavirus measures were announced in response to some staff of the organisation…
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COCOBOD Pays Up $1.3 Billion 2019 Syndicated Loan 3 Months Ahead Of Schedule
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has this month, June 2020, completely paid up the $1.3-billion syndicated loan facility contracted for the 2019/2020 cocoa crop purchases.
The September 2019 facility signed in Paris, France, was put together by…
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This Is How The $600-Million COCOBOD Loan Is To Be Spent
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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COCOBOD Encourages Cocoa Farmers To Observe COVID19 Safety Protocols
The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo has appealed to cocoa farmers in the country to adhere strictly to all the safety protocols in the fight against the COVID19 pandemic.
He noted that many people,…
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