COCOA POST

When in 1997 the Parliament of Ghana passed the Timber Resources Management law (ACT 547), the spirit was to have legislation to ensure the utilisation of the natural resource in a sustainable manner. Section 19 of the Act prescribed the…
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The government of Ivory Coast is set to launch the West African country's National Strategy for Sustainable Cocoa production. According to government sources, the strategy will be based on improving the income of cocoa farmers and their…
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Ghana's cocoa industry regulator, Cocobod, has warned of a looming fertilizer shortage on the back of the Russia-Ukraine war. According to Chief Executive Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the West African country's cocoa farmers may have to consider a…
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For the intermediate marketing campaign which opens on April 1, the farm gate price per kilogram of cocoa is maintained at 825 FCFA, as in the main campaign. The announcement was made by the Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture and…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has suggested to cocoa farmers in Ghana to resort to the use of poultry manure for farming due to a looming fertilizer shortage across the world. He attributed the…
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Barry Callebaut, a global chocolate giant, has outdoored three engineering students from West Africa into its Africa Engineering Masters Program for the 2022/23 academic year. The three engineering graduates were selected from Ghana and…
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Koa, a Ghanaian-Swiss startup, says it has achieved a breakthrough payment transparency system using blockchain technology that proves payments and higher income for cocoa farmers. The transparency system, which is a product of…
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Fairtrade Africa has held a joint planning and review meeting with its partners to assess the progress of implementation of the West Africa Cocoa Programme (WACP). The meeting also afforded the certification organisation the opportunity to…
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"The search of international cocoa buying firms for new sources of cocoa produced in forest areas at cheaper cost undermines production in older established areas.  Thus, the price of cocoa deters farmers from accumulating capital in cocoa…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has appealed to stakeholders in the cocoa sector, particularly financial institutions and international non-governmental organisations, for support to upscale cocoa farm irrigation. The COCOBOD piloted the…
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