COCOA POST

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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Ghana Cocoa Dinner is Africa's foremost and biggest gathering of captains of the cocoa industry for networking and celebration of excellence. Ahead of the 4th annual edition of the prestigious awards and gala night, we have been sampling…
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Ivory Coast has started selling cocoa contracts for the 2023/24 season with a non-negative premium industry. The action happens to be the first of its kind in three years as regulators seek to support farmers. According to Reuters, Ivory…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana have warned that the country could lose more productive cocoa farms to illegal mining if cocoa prices remain unchanged. This alarm by cocoa farmers comes ahead of this year's Cocoa Day (October 1), which marks the…
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Barry Callebaut as part of its efforts to promote sustainable cocoa production has commenced a program intended to reward farmers who show a high level of commitment to supporting sustainable cocoa farming in Nigeria. Under the program,…
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Processing cocoa has generated more revenue in the cocoa sector worldwide, says the Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo. This, he said has sparked COCOBOD’s interest to pursue processing and to develop…
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