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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.
Chris Vincent Confirmed As President Of World Cocoa Foundation
The World Cocoa Foundation has confirmed Chris Vincent as its substantive president, two months after serving in an acting position.
Vincent became interim president of the cocoa sustainability partnership organisation following the…
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Farmers, CSOs Endorse Ghana-Ivory Coast Boycott of WCF Brussels Meeting
Cocoa farmers and civil society organisations (CSOs) have jointly endorsed Ivory Coast and Ghana cocoa regulators' boycott of the World Cocoa Foundation partnership meeting in Brussels this week.
In a statement copied to Cocoa Post, the…
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Orange Cocoa Day 2022 Explores How To Promote Cocoa Sustainability
The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana has held the 2022 Orange Cocoa Day forum in Accra, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss topical issues in the sector.
The second edition which came off October 3, 2022, was on the theme…
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Mass Rollout Of Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme Begins This Month
Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to begin the full-scale rollout of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme effective this month, October 2022.
The Board Chairman of Cocobod, Peter Mac Manu, disclosed this at the 2022 Cocoa Day celebrations…
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Can Ghana’s Cocoa Sector Survive The Illegal Gold Mining Invasion?
The 62-year-old father of six says he has tasted real poverty producing cocoa and thus doesn't mind at this point cutting down "my own bona fide property" for galamsey money
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Cocoa Horizons Program To Cover More Regions In Nigeria
Barry Callebaut as part of its efforts to promote sustainable cocoa production has commenced a program intended to reward farmers who show a high level of commitment to supporting sustainable cocoa farming in Nigeria.
Under the program,…
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West Africa CSOs, Farmers Demand Reforms In International Cocoa Pricing
A joint platform of Ghanaian and Ivorian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and cocoa farmers has made a strong call for reforms in the international pricing mechanism for cocoa to guarantee a living income for farmers.
The group has…
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Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire Summon Chocolate Companies Over LID, Origin Premium
Leading multi-national chocolate companies and key industry actors have assembled in Accra, the capital of Ghana, for crunch discussions bordering on cocoa trade at the instance of the Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI).
A…
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Nyonkopa Facilitates Land Rights Documentation For 501 Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers
Over 500 cocoa farmers in Ghana have been supported to obtain land rights documentation for their farms.
This forms part of the Cocoa Household Income Diversification Project undertaken by Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Ltd, a member of the…
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Fairtrade Africa Touts Gains Of Sustainability Schemes At ARSO General Assembly
Fairtrade Africa (FTA) has asserted at the 28th ARSO General Assembly in Yaoundé, Cameroon, that sustainability in supply chains has come to stay.
FTA programme team leader of cocoa in Ghana, Abubakar Afful, has there launched a spirited…
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