COCOA POST

Ivory Coast has put a freeze on cocoa contracts for the 2023/24 crop season following weeks of torrential rains that have flooded farms, Reuters has reported. With cocoa prices currently at record levels due to concerns over supplies, the…
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The much-anticipated world chocolate exhibition, Salon du Chocolat 2023 is set to take place in Paris Porte de Versailles this year from 28th to 1st November, the organisers have announced. The Salon du Chocolat in Paris since its creation…
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EuroChocolate 2023, an annual chocolate festival, is set to come off in the Italian city of Perugia from the 13th to the 22nd of October. The festival deemed one of the largest chocolate festivals in Europe has captivated chocolate…
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Cote d'Ivoire's Cavally Forest is reported to have seen a significant facelift thanks to a 3-year multi-sectoral restoration partnership. Preliminary results from the first phase of the Cavally forest restoration project point to an…
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Ghanaian chocolate has in the past few years warmed its way into the hearts of connoisseurs, even as chocolate lovers around the world have become increasingly discerning about their cocoa treats. While several brands and origins exist,…
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Dynamic agroforestry is a sustainable form of land use that integrates different types of trees and crops. It promotes the production of numerous tree species alongside cocoa, unlike traditional cocoa farming, which frequently entails…
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Rainforest Alliance (RA) is an international non-profit organization working at the intersection of business, agriculture, and forests to make responsible business the new normal. The organisation is building an alliance to protect…
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A deputy Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Dr Emmanuel Opoku has disclosed that 1,239,169 individual cocoa farms covering a total area of 1,380,566 hectares have been captured onto the country's Cocoa Management System (CMS).…
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Amplified Business, a social marketing initiative of Ghana's Ministry of Information, has cast the spotlight on Flexy Foods, manufacturers of the Kamini Chocolate brand. The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, led a team from his…
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Chocolate is a beloved treat, but sometimes the cocoa beans that go into bars and other sweets have unpleasant flavours or scents, making the final products taste bad. Surprisingly, only a few compounds associated with these stinky odours…
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