COCOA POST

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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Rainforest Alliance has, as part of its “Yen Ne Mmofra No Nti” project, introduced the Human Rights Due Diligence Toolkit to help prevent, identify and address forced labour and child labour in the cocoa and gold sectors. The international…
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Forever and a day, Saturday 9th September, 2023 would remain etched indelibly in the memories of Ghanaian cocoa farmers for a very long time for the glad tidings it brought to their homes. The day was not only a great day but undeniably a…
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The Bodoma Old Ladies Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative, a group instituted to empower women through knowledge sharing and support to create economic opportunities and positive change has been inaugurated at Bodoma, a cocoa community in the Bekwai…
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Federated Commodities Ltd (FEDCO) and partners, Storck and Walter Matter, have inaugurated a six-unit classroom block for Domeabra Primary School, near Asankragwa, in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The facility,…
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Ivory Coast cocoa production in the upcoming 2023/24 crop season is projected to drop by as much as 20% compared to recent years due to poor weather, putting further upward pressure on prices, Reuters reported on Monday. Ivory Coast is the…
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