COCOA POST

Higher cocoa prices are having a dampening effect on demand according to figures published by the European Cocoa Association. Second-quarter cocoa grinding in Europe declined by a surprising 3.2% year-on-year. Market participants…
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The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says it has provided Agro Traders Ltd., a Cocoa processing company in Ondo State 50 per cent credit risk guarantee for N2billion (equivalent of over…
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The Barry Callebaut Group has delivered groundbreaking for construction of a new chocolate and compound manufacturing facility in Baramati, serving the fast-growing Indian confectionery market and global food groups. Located around 250km…
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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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The Asante-Akim South Municipal Assembly of Ghana's Ashanti Region has distributed 150,000 hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers in its bid to increase yield and improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in the Municipality. The exercise, which…
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WAMCo, a cocoa processing company in Takoradi in the Western Region, is back to business and already making profit. The company was shut down for close to three years after Cocobod, under the erstwhile Mahama administration, allegedly…
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Ghanaian bean to bar chocolate manufacturer, 57 Chocolate, has unveiled creatively exciting new wrapper designs for its 55% cocoa milk chocolate. The designs highlight the dedication of weavers of two of the West African country's iconic…
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I have visited many cocoa producing regions in West Africa for many years where cocoa farmers are struggling to support their families. Each year, they work the land in the same way. They grow the same crop on the same land every year and…
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