COCOA POST

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is implementing the Global Quality and Standards Programme (GQSP) in Ghana with the Palm oil value chain actors. The project is funded by the Swiss Government and is aimed at…
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• Ghanaian cocoa farmers’ paltry incomes fell on average by 16 percent since the start of the pandemic —while the confectionary profits of the four biggest public chocolate corporations on average jumped by the exact same rate. • Chocolate…
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Palm oil imports in India slumped by 30% in April to a 14-month record low according to the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA), Reuters has reported. The development is said to have prompted a shift by buyers to rival soft oils…
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Liberia has established its first-ever national cocoa seed garden to provide quality and improved planting materials for smallholder farmers. Until now the unavailability of quality planting material had been a major concern for the West…
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Ghana has suspended its free cocoa spraying programme at Elubo, a cocoa community on the border with Cote d'Ivoire over rampant smuggling. The country's cocoa sector supervisory agency, Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), provides free cocoa…
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"Over the years, I have been jotting down all the costs incurred in the production season. And I record losses, despite all the costly investments in labour and input because the price of cocoa does not factor our cost of production," says…
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Indonesia oil palm farmer associations have said they will call for a boycott of European Union products imported into the country if the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is not revoked. The Tempoc.co newsportal reported that the planned…
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Farmerline, one of the world’s leading agritech companies – has officially launched its operations in Cote d’Ivoire as part of plans to service Francophone Africa. The move which is in line with the corporate expansion strategy,…
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As part of efforts to help increase farm profitability and ensure that the root cause of poverty is addressed for cocoa farmers in Ghana, Macquarie University Sydney, The Open University, UK, and the University of Wollongong and coordinated…
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Kristy Leissle (PhD), a cocoa and chocolate scholar, is scheduled to speak at the cocoa conference hosted by the Lindt Chocolate Museum in Cologne Germany, next month. The conference will explore the subject of "Sustainable cocoa supply…
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