COCOA POST

An unprecedented scale of cross-border cocoa smuggling activities has rocked Ghana over the last few months. The alarming loss of the country's crop output to illegal merchants said to be operating around the borders with Togo, Burkina…
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Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa farmgate price by 11.1% from 900FCFA to 1,000FCFA ($1.62) per kilogram for the 2023/24 crop season. The minister for agriculture and rural development, Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, also announced the new…
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The ICE Benchmark Administration Limited has, in partnership with data solutions firm, Meridia, launched the ICE Commodity Traceability (ICE CoT) service. The technology platform is designed to support industries' compliance with the…
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The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has lauded Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and Afarinick Company Limited for successfully addressing challenges that bedevilled implementation of the ongoing National Cocoa Rehabilitation…
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Three Mountains Cocoa (TMC), an organic cocoa-sourcing startup, has announced the launch of its global operations. This marks a significant milestone in the TMC's journey to bring the finest African cocoa to chocolatiers and…
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With the current threat of illegal mining activities in cocoa mining communities and the increasing smuggling of cocoa beans to neighbouring countries for higher price payment which has significantly contributed to Ghana’s inability to meet…
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Cocoa originated from around the headwaters of the Amazon in South America. Its cultivation and value spread in ancient times throughout Central and Eastern Amazonian and northwards to Central America. Cocoa beans were used by the…
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The Cocoa Value Addition Artisans Association of Ghana (COVAAAGH) has commended the Government of Ghana's upcoming policy to provide cocoa beans to indigenous value addition and small-scale chocolate manufacturing enterprises. According to…
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A hydra-headed challenge threatens to place a chokehold on Ghana’s cocoa production sector. Climate change, disease, moribund farms, overaged tree stock, an aged farmer population and an acute labour shortage are some of the notable…
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Ivory Coast cocoa farmers have mounted demand for a significant raise in cocoa farmgate prices ahead of the 2023/24 crop season which opens October 1. Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD), the official mouthpiece of cocoa…
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