Sustainability

The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has in his annual Cocoa Day message postponed the launch of the widely anticipated Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme till further notice. " Government of Ghana had given an…
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The 2019/2020 cocoa season has seen over 19,000 cocoa farmers become beneficiaries of the GH¢6million disbursed by Cargill last month through its Licensed Buying Company (LBC), Cargill Kokoo Sourcing Limited (CKSL) as sustainability…
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Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo the Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is billed to receive a national recognition in Ivory Coast on 1st October 2020. President Alassane Dramane Ouattara will be bestowing the honour on the COCOBOD…
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In 2010, the chocolate industry set a 10-year goal of reducing the worst forms of child labor in cocoa farming by 70%. As the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor report on child labor in West Africa will make clear, this target will not be…
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The president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced the new cocoa producer price for the 2020/21 season as GHS10,560 per tonne translating to GHS660 per bag. “Nananom, beginning 1st October 2020, I am happy to announce the…
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The Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has commended the Ghana Cocoa Board for its bold initiative of implementing the $400 Living Income Differential (LID) aimed at improving farmers' standard of living. In a press release…
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The president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is set to announce the new cocoa producer price for the 2020/21 season on Thursday 24th September 2020. The producer price is the price at which the country's cocoa sector regulator -…
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Eliho Ghana Ltd, a new Licensed Buying Company and partner of Touton SA has declared an amount of Gh¢2,160,000 as 2019/2020 loyalty bonus for distribution to its outstanding farmers in the country. Eliho Ghana, in collaboration with…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana will, beginning 1st October 2020, be enrolled on a contributory insurance or pension scheme as stipulated by the law. Section 26 of the Ghana Cocoa Board Law, 1984 (PNDCL 81) enjoined the cocoa regulatory body to…
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Anytime, the topics of low income and worsening livelihood of cocoa farmers are raised in Ghana, people mistakenly assume Ghana to be the cocoa farmer and thus they argue that Ghana needs to add value to its cocoa beans to improve its…
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