COCOA POST

Thousands of smallholder cocoa farmers in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region of Ghana say they risk losing their farms in the coming weeks, as their landlord pushes through his plan to chop down all cocoa trees to…
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)of the Ghana Investments Promotions Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant has said it was time Ghana committed to making the needed financial investments to tap into the full potential of cocoa and chocolate industry…
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More than two dozen Ghanaian artisanal chocolate makers and cocoa innovators are expected to showcase their best at the maiden Business of Chocolate Summit and exhibition on Monday, 21st February 2022 in Accra. The event dubbed The…
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The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, and his Ivorian counterpart, Alhasanne Outtara, have challenged the European Union to prioritise the livelihood and incomes of cocoa farmers as it mulls over its cocoa sector due diligence…
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The President of the West Akim Cooperative  Cocoa Farmers (Cocoa Life), Adu Essel Sampson, has called on cocoa farmer cooperatives to make a conscious effort to allocate part of their premium to support community projects as a way of giving…
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A new study by environment rights group Mighty Earth and its global partners claims cocoa production is still driving the destruction of forests in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The alarming findings from the world's top two cocoa-producing…
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A scientist and former Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), Dr Isaac Yaw Opoku, has extolled the benefit of dark chocolate and bitter cocoa as a sexual stimulant. According to Dr Opoku, studies have…
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Thousands of cocoa farmers and their families across the seven cocoa-growing regions of Ghana will receive free chocolate and cocoa products as part of the 2022 National Chocolate Week celebration. Chief Executive of Cocobod, Joseph Boahen…
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A cocoa value chain analyst, Eliseus Opoku-Boamah, says the time is ripe for a concerted national campaign to demystify the idea that chocolate is a luxury product. He has, therefore, called for an intensification of the cocoa consumption…
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In the year 2020, Ghana and Ivory Coast were able to secure a $400 per metric ton of cocoa beans as a Living Income Differential levy to be paid by any buyers of Cocoa beans from the two West African countries. With Ghana’s positive…
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