COCOA POST

Ivory Coast has increased its cocoa producer price from 825CFA to 900CFA ($1.33) per kilogram for the 2022/23 cocoa season. The new price announced in Abidjan by Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet represents 9% raise over that of the…
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The Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has called on the government to increase the producer price of cocoa to a minimum of GHS838 per bag. The position of GCCP contained in a statement copied to Cocoa Post comes on the heels of…
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October 1 is designated annually as Cocoa Day. It marks the commencement of the cocoa year which ends in September the following year. Cocoa Day is dedicated to celebrating the work and contributions of smallholder farmers to…
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The 62-year-old father of six says he has tasted real poverty producing cocoa and thus doesn't mind at this point cutting down "my own bona fide property" for galamsey money
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The Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) and 18 shipping lines have agreed to increase basic cocoa freight rates for the 2022/2023 cocoa season to all destinations but the United Kingdom (UK). As a result, basic…
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Chief Executive Officer of National Food Buffer Stock Company( NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab and the Board Chairman of the company, Mr Henry Nana Boakye took advantage of the just-ended International Forum on African-Caribbean Leadership…
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Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Mr Hanan Abdul-Wahab, says the task to improve the global food insecurity situation will require a concerted effort rather than what he described as separate…
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Organisers of Ghana Cocoa Awards, Cocoa Post, have opened nominations for the fourth edition of the annual cocoa industry excellence reward scheme. Ghana Cocoa Awards is an initiative instituted to appreciate and highlight outstanding…
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Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, has called for a shift away from the export of raw cocoa to a focus on local value addition and consumption. He noted that current and past governments have…
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