COCOA POST

Development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) have agreed to commit a total package of $8.9 billion to the former's 2023 to 2025 financing cycle. The commitment is the largest replenishment in the history of the Fund and comes…
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Findings of the 2022 Cocoa Barometer report show that pursuing human rights and environmental protection to address cocoa sustainability without paying higher prices will fail. Chocolate manufacturers and industry have over the years…
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With effect from 1 December, China granted a zero-tariff condition to 98% of taxable products from 10 least-developed countries, most of them African, in what it said was aimed at promoting an open global economy. In a statement, Beijing…
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The European Union (EU) Parliament Tuesday morning passed a new law that will ban the import of commodities linked to deforestation. The EU Due Diligence law demands that products such as cocoa, coffee, soy, and beef, among others, meet a…
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Mighty Earth, an international environment watch group, has launched the Cocoa Accountability Map for Ghana, an online tool to track cocoa-driven deforestation. The interactive map tool, which is accessible to the public at no fee, comes…
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A 45-year-old cocoa farmer, Bismark Fuachie, has been adjudged Ghana's 2022 National Best Cocoa Farmer. Fuachie becomes the youngest cocoa farmer, in recent times, to win the coveted award. He was unveiled at a ceremony to commemorate the…
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In the world of entrepreneurship, some dream and hope their ideas become reality whilst others seize any available opportunity to make their dreams come true. In the end, what these people want is to have something they can proudly call…
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Nestlé has announced a partnership with the Africa Food Prize to help accelerate the transformation of food systems in Africa. The global food giant sees the move as a way of strengthening the continent’s food security and building…
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The African Cocoa Platform (AfCoP) has held its 2022 General Assembly Conference in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, to among others chart a sustainable future for the knowledge-sharing body. The two-day programme, from 29 - 30 November, saw…
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $27.9 million grant for Ghana's Savannah agriculture development project in the Savannah region. The grant is expected to help increase climate-resilient production of…
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