Chocolate Scorecard: Farmer Poverty Lingers Amid Chocolate Industry Profit Boom
The 2024 edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has revealed that cocoa farmer poverty remains largely unaddressed while chocolate companies continue to rake in billions in profits.
While briefing the media in Accra on the report of this…
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RESCONI Campaigns for Innovative Solutions in Forest Protection
Cocoa farmers in the Atwima Mponua District are being urged to embrace climate-smart farming practices as a means to enhance cocoa production in the region.
A Community Liaison Officer for the Resource Conservation Initiative (RESCONI),…
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ICI and Partners Launch Joint Initiative to Tackle Child Labour
The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the Government of Ghana, and other global partners have launched a ground-breaking initiative to eliminate child labour in African supply chains.
The intervention, dubbed "Accelerating Together…
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More African Processors Shutdown As Cocoa Shortage Deepens
Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around the world are likely to soar.
Chocolate-makers have…
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Cocobod Withholds Rehabilitated Farms Handover Due to Harmattan
Prolonged dry Harmattan conditions have compelled the Ghana Cocoa Board to suspend its planned handing over of thousands of newly rehabilitated cocoa farms, a source at the regulator has revealed to Cocoa Post.
In a speech read for the…
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Farmers Kick Against Handover of Rehabilitated Cocoa Farms
Several beneficiaries of Ghana's cocoa rehabilitation programme have kicked against a planned handover of rehabilitated cocoa farms to them.
Last month, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced its intention to officially hand over…
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IWD2024: ITC, Dutch Embassy Celebrate Women in Cocoa
The International Trade Centre (ITC), in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands, has held a day's workshop to recognise the contributions of women in Ghana's cocoa sector as part of activities marking this year’s International…
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Resource Media to Project Ghana’s Progress on Child Labour
The Ghana Agricultural Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has proposed the resourcing of the media in Ghana to highlight the country's progress in combating child labour in cocoa production.
The Project Coordinator of…
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ICCO Forecasts 547,000MT Deficit in 2023/24 Cocoa Output
The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has projected global cocoa output for the 2023/24 season to shrink by 11% or more than 547,000 metric tonnes.
The latest forecast published by the organisation is contained in the production…
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Andre de Freitas Named New Executive Director of Solidaridad
Solidaridad, an international non-governmental organisation, has announced the appointment of Andre de Freitas as its new Executive Director.
De Freitas is due to officially assume the role on March 15, 2024, according to a press…
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