COCOA POST

World Confectionery Conference 2022 opens to the general public in Brussels, Belgium, on September 9. The one-day event will assemble delegates and suppliers from across the world under one roof. Ahead of the event, organisers have been…
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West African cocoa, particularly from Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, is battling a negative perception in the marketplace. Cocoa growers in these countries are contending with the tag of deforestation and child labour on their produce along…
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Fairtrade Africa has reviewed its impact across the continent through the use of Fairtrade premiums and other programmatic and project interventions. These programmatic and project interventions as well as the Fairtrade premium were noted…
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A baseline survey conducted by the Coconut Waste Project (COWAP) shows that there is a growing market for coconut peat (mulch) growing medium in Ghana, Chief Executive of CocoBenz, Bender Owusu Bediako Antwi has said. Speaking to the…
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Substandard pesticides are said to be penetrating the agro-input market in Ghana on the back of the rising cost of authentic crop nutrition products globally. Global prices of quality fertilisers and pesticides are getting more and more…
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Some Ghanaian cocoa farmers are asking for a review of the COCOBOD Law to allow them unhindered participation in the country's emerging cocoa value addition space. They anticipate that a review of Ghana's cocoa sector governing law will…
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The 2021/22 Light Cocoa Crop Season comes to an end by the close of business on September 8, a press release by Ghana Cocoa Board, COCOBOD has stated. In a statement released to the media, Cocobod notes that “In order to assist the…
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Ghana has ranked 9th in the export of desiccated coconut according to a report by Ghana Export Promotion Authority, GEPA. This development comes on the heels of a significant jump of 249% in the value of Ghana’s exports of flaked and dried…
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Farmforce in partnership with Fairtrade International has trained 400 members from 25 cooperatives in Cote d’Ivoire on how to use software, developed by Farmforce, to trace deforestation. According to Chief Executive Officer of Farmforce,…
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The effects of climate change, especially on agriculture production, have made it a necessity for countries to consider the use of renewable energy to reduce the over-reliance on the use of fossil fuels and their concomitant impact on the…
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