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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COCOBOD Launches Cocoa Farmer Cooperatives to Advance Productivity and Sustainability
Cocoa farmer groups or associations have become a mobilisation point for farmers who unite to advance the course of their businesses.
Cocoa farmer cooperatives born by friendship but mostly expand to comprise farmers in the same catchment…
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$100 Million Ghana-China Cocoa Processing Factory Soon
Ghana has hinted of an impending deal with China to establish a 50,000-tonne capacity cocoa processing plant at the cocoa producing enclave of Western North Region.
The partnership project said to cost 100 million dollars will produce…
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Black Pod Disease Threatens Nigeria’s Cocoa Main Crop
Nigeria’s 2019-20 cocoa crop is threatened by an attack of the fungal black-pod disease due to the wetness created by persistent rains in the main cocoa-growing areas, the industry association said.
“The losses could escalate if the rains…
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Ghana And Cote d’Ivoire Announce Living Income Differential For Cocoa Farmers
Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire have announced a new cocoa trading pricing mechanism offering a $400 per tonne living income differential (LID) to the farmer.
The Living Income Differential is introduced as a "guarantee" to the $2,600 per tonne…
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New Cocoa Floor Price: A Step Towards More Equal Trade?
On 12 June 2019, the governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire announced a floor price of USD 2,600/ton of cocoa beans for the 2019/2020 cocoa season.
They also announced a suspension of forward sales of beans for the 2020/2021 season.
This…
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Mars Inc Endorses Ghana And Ivory Coast $2,600 Cocoa Floor Price
U.S. food maker Mars Inc. supports a decision by Ivory Coast and Ghana to set a floor price for their cocoa exports, a senior executive told Reuters on Wednesday, becoming one of the first major chocolate companies to back the initiative.…
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COCOBOD Urged To Cut Ties With World Cocoa Farmers Organization
The Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmers Association (COCOSHE) have called on the Ghana Cocoa Board to disassociate itself from the World Cocoa Farmers Organization (WCFO).
This follows a decision by the government and Côte d’Ivoire to…
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Ghana And Ivory Coast Agree Modalities For Cocoa Cooperation
Top officials of Ghana Cocoa Board and the Conseil du Cafe-Cacao of Ivory Coast are working out modalities for the implementation of the 2018 Abidjan Declaration at an ongoing summit in Abidjan.
The summit, being held in the Caistab…
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Ghana Explores New Market in China For Cocoa and Cocoa Products
Ghana has been participating in the 2019 Tea Expo being held at Hangzhou, China, as the second-largest cocoa producer in the world seeks new markets in Asia for cocoa and cocoa products.
Ghana was invited by the Chinese Government as a…
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