COCOA POST

Olam Group has appointed Maya Hari as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its climate-tech venture Terrascope. Terrascope, which is based s Singapore, is said to support businesses to accurately and efficiently manage and reduce their carbon…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana risk impoverishment if urgent steps are not taken by the government to halt threats posed by illegal mining activities that are gradually destroying cocoa farms. According to a new Cocobod study, about 11,000…
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American confectionery, food, and beverage company giant, Mondelez has released its first-quarter performance report, recording a "delivered strong top-line results, driven by higher pricing and strong volume growth”. “Our chocolate and…
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Social justice and sustainability label Fairtrade International has announced the appointment of Sandra Uwera as its new Global CEO. Uwera steps into the role following the departure of Dr. Nyagoy Nyong'o, who served as Interim Global CEO…
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Mars Incorporated has announced a new effort to improve the livelihoods of 14,000 smallholder cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia by the next eight years. According to the chocolate maker of more than 100 years, two…
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Cocoa farmers in Ghana will for the first time have the opportunity to join their counterparts in Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon in a new competition to promote cocoa agroforestry. The winner gets to undertake a trip to Cameroon to study best…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to commence a process to hand over 51,000 hectares of successfully rehabilitated cocoa farms to owners. The cocoa farms are part of some 136,000 hectares of moribund and Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease…
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A whopping 1.56 million underage children allegedly continue to be caught up in child labour in cocoa farms and allied setups globally, despite earlier promises by cocoa and chocolate big players to fight the canker. According to the…
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Cocoa production in key regions in Ghana, especially the Western North Region, has declined to a historic low in recent years. With about 70 percent of farms in the region estimated to be affected, cocoa production volumes have been…
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A preliminary report has cited the lack of information about the Living Income Differential (LID) as a source of potential threat to its implementation. "Little information on the policy is giving rise to potentially different and…
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