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Sustainability category presents updates on sustainability efforts by governments, organisations and research institutions to ensuring cocoa is preserved, produced and consumed in a responsible manner.
World Cocoa Foundation Places Delivering On Sustainability At Core Of Partnership Meeting
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has revealed its key annual partnership meeting is set to place the future sustainability of its industry at the heart of the two-day event, reports Neill Barston.
Staged online between 18-19 November,…
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Ghana Names Nana Kwabena Ponkoh II As 2020 National Best Cocoa Farmer
Nana Kwabena Ponkoh II from Atatoase in the Obuasi District of the Ashanti Region has emerged as the 2020 National Best Cocoa Farmer.
The 65-year-old farmer was presented with the prestigious award at the grand durbar for the 36th…
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Ghana Cocoa Goes Digital With Launch of Cocoa Management System
Precision in the database of all cocoa farmers and cocoa transactions may see a big change in Ghana, where unreliable data and uncertainties about cocoa yield, robberies associated with cash transaction and the lack of operator transparency…
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First Step Towards Commercialization Of Cocoa Sector Commences
The Ghana Cocoa Board, armed with the first tranche of a US$600 million medium-term loan secured from a consortium of international lenders led by the African Development Bank, has begun the first step towards a fundamental restructuring of…
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World Cocoa Farmers Organization Urges COCOBOD To Fasttrack Farmers Pension Scheme
The World Cocoa Farmers Organization has called on COCOBOD to fast track the cocoa farmer pension scheme policy to ensure aged farmers in the country live a decent life.
While commending COCOBOD and government for the recent increment of…
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Investigation In Ghana Uncovers Shipping of Uncertified Cocoa Under Rented Certification License
JoyNews investigations have uncovered how some Licensed Buying Companies and farmer society groups illegally rent their certification licenses to businessmen to enable them to export regular cocoa as certified ones.
It came to the fore…
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EU Begins Key Dialogues With Ghana And Ivory Coast On Sustainability
The European Commission has undertaken a key initiative aimed at delivering tangible improvements to sustainability policies within the cocoa sector, reports Neill Barston.
Among the core measures being put forward is a new…
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Dawn of the Living Income Differential; A Potential Major Impact on West African Cocoa Farming
This past week has seen the key start of the latest cocoa season within West Africa, which sees the introduction of the Living Income Differential put forward by the governments of the Ivory Coast and Ghana to support farmers wages. In a…
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Hope Returns To Ghana’s CSSVD-Ravaged Western North Cocoa Region
Life has returned to villages, hamlets and communities which were hitherto abandoned by migrant cocoa farmers due to the outbreak and ravaging effects of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) in Ghana's Western North Region.…
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Olam Confirms 100% Cocoa Sourcing Traceability In Its Supply Chains
Ingredients business Olam Cocoa has confirmed it has now achieved 100% traceability of directly sourced cocoa across its international supply chain, reports Neill Barston.
The company, which initially made a commitment five years ago to…
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