COCOA POST

Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has secured its thirtieth successive cocoa syndicated loan facility to purchase the country's 2022/23 crop. The $1.13 pre-export receivables backed trade finance facility was pooled by a consortium of…
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Dawn of life, a cocoa farming community near Akorabo in the Suhum Cocoa District will benefit from an ultra-modern community water project from Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) as the cocoa regulator marks 75 years of existence. This was…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to begin the full-scale rollout of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme effective this month, October 2022. The Board Chairman of Cocobod, Peter Mac Manu, disclosed this at the 2022 Cocoa Day celebrations at…
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The government of Ghana has failed to announce a much-anticipated cocoa farmgate price for the 2022/23 cocoa season commencing October 1, 2022. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong Addo, addressing a rally of cocoa farmers and…
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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has donated assorted reading and learning materials to 22 basic schools in deprived cocoa communities in the Suhum District of the Eastern Region. The donation formed part of WCF's contribution towards…
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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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