COCOA POST

The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) has elected new Operational Area Representatives to steer the affairs of their operational areas for the next three years. CAA has 39 cocoa operational areas across five cocoa-growing regions in Ghana,…
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It is emerging that Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, may be unable to fulfil some cocoa contracts after a poor harvest, Bloomberg has reported. Cocoa prices Wednesday posted moderate gains, with the New York cocoa futures…
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Cocoa prices Wednesday posted moderate gains, with NY cocoa climbing to a 1-week high, amid concerns that Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, is unlikely to fulfil some of its cocoa contracts for a second season. Ghana's…
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Starbucks Corporation, a global coffee and cocoa beverage retail chain, has come under renewed pressure from a global civil society coalition to come clean about where it sources the cocoa for its chocolate products. The Coalition,…
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The Rainforest Alliance, an international non-profit organisation, has organised a five-day training for 10 members of the Associate Trainers Network (ATN) of Ghana in Kumasi, in the Ashanti region. The ATNs are a group of expert trainers…
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Ghana is losing tonnes of moist cocoa beans to the activities of smugglers through its eastern border with the neighbouring Republic of Togo. Dilapidated warehouses cocoa producing communities have been identified among the causes of the…
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The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) has announced the launch of its inaugural Agricultural Innovation for Africa Conference, to be hosted in the Ghanaian capital of Accra. The groundbreaking event is set to bring together key stakeholders…
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The Cocoa Lead for UPL West & Central Africa, Hubert Ehouman, has shared insights about the company's contribution to the Cocoa and Forests Initiative 1.0 (CFI 1.0) and its strategies for executing ambitious targets in the Cocoa and…
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Irrigation in agriculture, and cocoa farming in particular, is a critical activity in several regions of the world. Most of the world's cocoa beans are produced by rain-fed agriculture which dictates the two production cycles in a year.…
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Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), though not native to Ghana has become one of the country’s main exports and a major foreign exchange earning commodity since its introduction into the then Gold Coast by the highly revered Tetteh Quarshie in 1878.…
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