Media Personnel Schooled on Cocoa and Forest Initiative in Ghana
Media personnel on Thursday were trained on Cocoa and Forest Initiative (CFI), a programme being implemented by leading cocoa-producing countries and companies towards safeguarding forests.
The CFI is a programme, which has seen the…
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Mondelēz Claims Breakthrough for Improving Chocolate Flavours with Product Patent
Mondelēz researchers in the UK have claimed a significant reformulation breakthrough, seeking to claim a patent for calcium salt as having a key impact on improving chocolate ranges.
The global confectionery and snacks group believes its…
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Making Art and Chocolate with School Children in Ghana
World Cocoa Foundation member Meiji Co., Ltd., based in Japan, supports independent cocoa farmers under the “Meiji Cocoa Support” program.
This includes art classes and chocolate-making classes for Ghanaian school children.
A program…
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Chocolate Ingredients: Everything You Need to Know About Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts – they’re one of the chocolate industry’s favorite ingredients. Today, we dive into the basics of hazelnut production, exploring where and how they are produced.
We look at the social challenges involved and how the UTZ program…
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COCOBOD Dismisses Bloomberg’s No Buyer Report as “Prepared Script”
Official spokesperson for Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Fiifi Boafo, has rejected a Bloomberg report Friday claiming Ghana Cocoa got no buyers on first market appearance since $400 premium.
Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's largest…
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COCOBOD to Distribute 60 Million Hybrid Seedlings to Farmers
COCOBOD will this year distribute about 60 million hybrid cocoa seedlings free of charge to farmers across cocoa growing districts to plant to increase their yield and incomes.
Mr Kwadwo Danso, Ashanti Regional Manager of Cocoa Health and…
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Cargill Records Challenging Annual Financial Results
The Cargill group has reported its fourth quarter earnings were $476 million, down by 41% against a record figure last year of $809 million, which it attributed to challenging global market conditions.
According to the agricultural…
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COCOBOD Rallies Management Staff to Turn Around Fortunes
The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has called on managers and directors of the Board to work innovatively to change the fortunes of the cocoa industry.
Mr Boahen Aidoo made the call when he briefed…
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Ghana Cocoa Gets No Buyers on First Market Appearance Since $400 Premium
The world’s second-largest cocoa producer offered to sell beans for the first time since introducing a surcharge, and found no buyers, according to people familiar with the matter.
Ghana’s Cocoa Marketing Company, responsible for selling…
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1,200 Women Trained in Ghana’s Shea Industry Value Chain
The Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP) has trained 1,200 women in the shea value chain industry, with best practices in shea picking.
This is part of the first phase of the Shea Empowerment Initiative (SEI) in the northern…
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