COCOA POST

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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The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken a cue from Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire’s Living Income Differential initiative for cocoa producers to address challenges facing the country’s cocoa sector. In view of this, a National Cocoa…
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Subsidised fertiliser meant for Ghana's cocoa farmers is reportedly being diverted and sold by unscrupulous persons. COCOBOD, the Ghanaian cocoa sector regulator, provides subsidised fertilisers, chemicals and other farm inputs as…
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The Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) Ghana Country Director, Robert Austin, is leading calls for measures to improve productivity in cashew production in  Ghana. He made the call at a sensitization programme on a new Code…
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Global cocoa production giants Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire say effective this month, August 2022, their cocoa would sell at a positive origin differential, a market premium earned for the quality of produce. The resolve announced by the Cote…
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A joint platform of Ghanaian and Ivorian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and cocoa farmers has made a strong call for reforms in the international pricing mechanism for cocoa to guarantee a living income for farmers. The group has…
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