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Achieving Cocoa Trade Quality Standards – The Bean Count Parameter
As part of Ghana Quality Control Company’s mission of facilitating trade in agricultural produce (especially cocoa beans) on the local and international markets through the provision of world-class inspection services, various activities…
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Uncoordinated Business Processes The Bane Of Ghana Cocoa Supply Chain – Dutch Study
Findings of a Dutch university research sighted by Cocoa Post have pointed to poor coordination in business processes as a major challenge confronting Ghana's cocoa sector.
A 3-member team of researchers from Wageningen University and…
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Ghana Ratifies ILO Conventions To End Child Labour On Cocoa Farms
ILO Conventions No. 138 on the minimum age for employment and Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour have been ratified by Ghana as part of activities marking the 2020 World Day against Child Labour.
Ghana's ratification of…
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How to Deliver Real Sustainability in the Cocoa Sector? Collaborative Development Governance
Long-term sustainability for the cocoa sector is a major challenge. But rather than relying solely on price premiums, the solution is to think bigger, and admit the industry itself needs serious reform on the ground, argue Peter Stanbury…
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Knowing Your Cocoa and Its Quality Parameters: The pH Factor
Whether a liquid is acidic, basic, or neutral is measured by a quantity called pH. pH is a measure of how much hydrogen, in an ionic form, is in a solution.
pH measurements are put on a scale from 1-14, with 1 being the most acidic and…
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World Economic Forum: Exploring How Cocoa Farming Can Help Stop Deforestation
• Increasing demand for agricultural land putting pressure on forests.
• High proportion of cocoa smallholdings means doubly acute pressure.
• Digital farming tools can help identify farmable forest areas.
The world’s food…
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Knowing Your Cocoa and Its Quality Parametres: Free Fatty Acids
Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is a pale-yellow, edible vegetable fat extracted from the cocoa bean. It is used to make chocolate, as well as some ointments, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals.
Cocoa butter has a cocoa flavour and…
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MASO Youth in Cocoa Farming Programme
MASO seeks to create attractive, exciting, local employment opportunities in the cocoa sector by demonstrating how cocoa farming and its associated enterprises can allow the youth to have productive,fulfilling and rewarding lives.…
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Chocolate Ingredients: Everything You Need to Know About Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts – they’re one of the chocolate industry’s favorite ingredients. Today, we dive into the basics of hazelnut production, exploring where and how they are produced.
We look at the social challenges involved and how the UTZ program…
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Ghana’s Rainforest Is Being Depleted Faster Than Any Where in The World
Ghana’s rainforest is being lost at an alarming rate, according to a new report about the state of forests worldwide.
Global Forest Watch (GFW) used updated remote sensing and satellite data from the University of Maryland and estimates…
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