Sustainability

Esther Nyarko, a resident of Dadieso in the Suaman District of Ghana's Western North Region, has her life back on track thanks to an employment opportunity she grabbed in the ongoing cocoa rehabilitation programme. Nyarko, 28, faced an…
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Civil society organisations and farmer groups are calling on European lawmakers to ensure the right to a living income and fair purchasing practices are enshrined in the Union's due diligence regulation (EUDR). The advocacy group says it…
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A visit today to Dadieso, the capital of the Suaman District, in the Western North Region of Ghana, reveals a bustling community with tarred streets awash with people and Pragya tricycle taxis. But only two years back, this community,…
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The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has lauded Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and Afarinick Company Limited for successfully addressing challenges that bedevilled implementation of the ongoing National Cocoa Rehabilitation…
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A hydra-headed challenge threatens to place a chokehold on Ghana’s cocoa production sector. Climate change, disease, moribund farms, overaged tree stock, an aged farmer population and an acute labour shortage are some of the notable…
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Federated Commodities Ltd (FEDCO) and partners, Storck and Walter Matter, have inaugurated a six-unit classroom block for Domeabra Primary School, near Asankragwa, in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The…
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Federated Commodities Limited (FEDCO), a Ghanaian licensed cocoa buying company has presented a cheque for GHS16 million (about $1.4m) as a premium to certified cocoa farmers for the 2022/2023 crop season at Assin Foso in the Central…
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Starbucks Corporation, a global coffee and cocoa beverage retail chain, has come under renewed pressure from a global civil society coalition to come clean about where it sources the cocoa for its chocolate products. The Coalition,…
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The Cocoa Lead for UPL West & Central Africa, Hubert Ehouman, has shared insights about the company's contribution to the Cocoa and Forests Initiative 1.0 (CFI 1.0) and its strategies for executing ambitious targets in the Cocoa and…
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Irrigation in agriculture, and cocoa farming in particular, is a critical activity in several regions of the world. Most of the world's cocoa beans are produced by rain-fed agriculture which dictates the two production cycles in a year.…
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