COCOA POST

In a startling turn of events for the global cocoa market, cocoa prices have soared past the $9200 mark for the first time in history, triggering concerns among industry experts. The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) quoted a tonne…
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African Cocoa Marketplace, Inc. (ACM), a new ethical cocoa trade company, has been launched to offer marketing and qualitative assurance solutions for African cocoa products and services. A press release copied to Cocoa Post said ACM…
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The 2024 edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has revealed that cocoa farmer poverty remains largely unaddressed while chocolate companies continue to rake in billions in profits. While briefing the media in Accra on the report of this…
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Cocoa farmers in the Atwima Mponua District are being urged to embrace climate-smart farming practices as a means to enhance cocoa production in the region. A Community Liaison Officer for the Resource Conservation Initiative (RESCONI),…
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The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the Government of Ghana, and other global partners have launched a ground-breaking initiative to eliminate child labour in African supply chains. The intervention, dubbed "Accelerating Together…
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Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around the world are likely to soar. Chocolate-makers have…
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Prolonged dry Harmattan conditions have compelled the Ghana Cocoa Board to suspend its planned handing over of thousands of newly rehabilitated cocoa farms, a source at the regulator has revealed to Cocoa Post. In a speech read for the…
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Several beneficiaries of Ghana's cocoa rehabilitation programme have kicked against a planned handover of rehabilitated cocoa farms to them. Last month, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced its intention to officially hand over…
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The International Trade Centre (ITC), in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands, has held a day's workshop to recognise the contributions of women in Ghana's cocoa sector as part of activities marking this year’s International…
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The Ghana Agricultural Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has proposed the resourcing of the media in Ghana to highlight the country's progress in combating child labour in cocoa production. The Project Coordinator of…
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