COCOA POST

Yara, a global leader in agro-input production, has launched the Yara Grow Ghana Initiative to support thousands of smallholder farmers in the West African country to boost food production. Pursuant to the initiative, Yara Ghana earlier…
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Establishing a credible database on cocoa farmers in the country became key on the agenda of the Management of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) following the decision of the Government to institute a pension scheme for cocoa farmers across the…
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Nigeria and Cameroon are reported to have formally requested to join the Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), an alliance advancing the interests of the two leading cocoa producers in the world. According to officials, the two…
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Some previous recipients of Ghana Cocoa Awards are set to be inducted into the scheme's prestigious Hall of Fame for their outstanding contribution to the cocoa industry. The candidates are Mrs Yaa Peprah Amekudzi, the Ghana Country Lead…
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The European Union (EU) Office in Ghana has denied claims that it intended to ban Ghana cocoa from accessing its market, which accounts for 80% of cocoa export from the world's second-largest producer. Last week, there was widespread…
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The Government of Ghana through the Ghana Cocoa Board is developing a Cocoa Management System, CMS, to enable Ghana to meet the European(EU) due diligence requirements, Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has…
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Ghana's Niche Cocoa Industry is set to open the largest African-origin food and beverage company in the history of the United States of America. The Ghanaian cocoa processing giant is currently in the process of turning a…
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Ghana has increased its cocoa producer price from GHS660 to GHS800 per bag for its 2022/23 crop, said Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture in Accra, on Wednesday. The new farmgate price which represents a 21%…
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A raging incidence of the black pod disease is threatening cocoa crop yield over large swathes of farms across cocoa-producing regions in Ghana. The outbreak, farmers told Cocoa Post is spreading at an alarming rate exacerbated by heavy…
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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) 2022 partnership meeting is set to discuss how public policy can help fight child labour through a systems approach, with Ghana’s Minister of Employment and Labor Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah as part of…
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