COCOA POST

Some 92,242 farmers in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire have been empowered by global agri-inputs giant UPL to engage in more sustainable, equitable and profitable agriculture. UPL Limited, a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions,…
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Ghana risks losing its major foreign exchange earner cocoa, due to a combination of factors such as illegal mining, accumulated losses and major developments by some advanced countries to aggressively grow and export the crop. The Ghana…
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The world's top cocoa-producing duo, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, are strategising on the next steps to building an Economic Pact for the production and trade in sustainable cocoa. The move is in line with efforts by the two countries to…
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Lucy Afari, the Chief Executive Officer of Flexy Foods, manufacturers of Ghana's Kamini Chocolate brand is set to speak at PROPAK Ghana 2023. The Kamini Chocolate boss, who is also an Executive of the Cocoa Value Addition Artisans…
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Personnel of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) last Sunday night intercepted a heavy-duty truck loaded with 200 maxi bags of cocoa beans at Taviefe, near Ho, speeding towards Togo. The Mercedes Benz truck, BA 265 V,…
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Ghana Cocoa Board may be on the verge of defaulting on its cocoa contracts with some international buyers. The West African nation is reeling under an unprecedented scale of cocoa smuggling to neighbouring countries Togo, Cote d'Ivoire and…
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The Council of the European Union has given its final approval for its Deforestation Regulation aimed at reducing deforestation associated with key EU market imports. The regulation is targeted at cocoa, palm oil, cattle, wood, coffee,…
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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has announced the appointment of three new officers to its board. They are Christine McGrath, who replaces Peter Boone ex-CEO of Barry Callebaut as the new Chairman, Kojo Amoo-Gottfried and Tejinder Singh…
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A Swiss-Ghanaian startup, Koa, has introduced its first ready-to-drink cocoa fruit juice - Koa Natural - onto the Ghana and West African markets. The product, called Koa Natural, is an all-natural juice produced from the white, fleshy part…
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"Cocoa farming is very hard work but only rewards you with poverty," 32-year-old cocoa farmer, Uriah Nkrumah declared with vigour. Nkrumah was explaining the reason many of Ghana's youth are abandoning the once esteemed occupation of their…
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