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Tech & Innovation category places a special focus on technology and innovations in the cocoa industry value chain in terms of process improvement, technology, efficiency, upcycling, etc
COCOBOD to Distribute Electronic Scales to Halt Cheating of Farmers
The Chief Executive Officer of Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo says the Board will soon distribute electronic scales that will be used to weigh cocoa in farming communities across the country.
He said this at Pramkese in the…
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3D Printing in Chocolate and Confectionery Industry Gathers Pace
Without doubt one of the most intriguing recent machinery developments for the confectionery production sector is the advent of 3D printing.
While the technology has now been with us for a few years, it has until now been in its infancy in…
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We Have to Bring the Digital Data Revolution to the Farmers Growing Coffee and Cocoa
Rainforest Alliance’s Daan de Vries outlines how fourth-generation technologies are being harnessed across Africa, Asia and Latin America, and to make food production more sustainable and avoid deforestation
We’re experiencing a digital and…
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Motorised Slashers To Accelerate Ghana’s Cocoa Farm Mechanisation
The Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, hinted that from October 2019 cocoa farmers would be introduced to motorised slashers to reduce the use of hoes and cutlasses in farm maintenance.
He insisted, however, that such support…
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Ghana Cocoa Boss Hands Over First Solar Irrigation System To Farmer
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has officially handed over an ultra-modern solar-powered irrigation system to a cocoa farmer.
The system has been installed on a 30-acre cocoa farm owned by…
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