COCOA POST

Federated Commodities Limited (FEDCO), a licensed cocoa buying company (LBC), and partners, Valrhona SA and Walter Matter, have constructed a JHS classroom block for Pieso in the Prestea-Huni Valley municipality of the Western Region.…
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A community of cocoa farmers in Ghana's Western Region are up in arms against Qatar-based broadcast network, Al Jazeera, over its recent reportage which accuses farmers of involving children in cocoa production. The cocoa farmers of…
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Bossman Owusu has been appointed as Solidaridad’s country representative for Ghana. From January 2023, Bossman will be responsible for providing strategic and programmatic leadership and oversight of Solidaridad’s operations in Ghana.…
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The founder of Cocoa Club, Michael Owusu Manu, is encouraging students and all youth to actively explore career and business opportunities in Ghana's cocoa industry. Mr Owusu Manu made the remarks when over 300 students from the Cocoa…
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About 9,000 members of the Bia West Cocoa Farmers Union, with the assistance of Mondelez International, have pooled resources from their cocoa trade over the past 5 years to construct a soap processing factory valued at $1.5 million. The…
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Rainforest Alliance with funding from the Norwegian government through NORAD has met with government agencies and cocoa companies to discuss commitments made by them towards eradicating forced and child labour in their local communities.…
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Fairtrade International has updated its Cocoa Standard with a reinforced focus on human rights, the fight against deforestation, traceability, and living income. Confirming the development, the social justice organisation explained the…
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Tropenbos Ghana, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has been named the Change Agent of the Year at the 2022 Ghana Cocoa Awards, held in Accra. The organisation which is affiliated with Tropenbos International was recognised…
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Tropenbos International, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has welcomed the European Union (EU) Deforestation Law calling it a "historic agreement." Noting the law as the first in the world that takes significant steps to…
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Ghana will cut back 30% of cocoa exports to Europe and America onto emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia in line with a 5-year market diversification strategy, a source has hinted to Cocoa Post. The plan seeks to…
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