COCOA POST

Ghana's government has maintained the cocoa producer price for the 2021/22 crop year at GH¢10,560 per metric tonne, translating to GH¢660 per bag (64kg) at the farmgate effective October 8, 2021. "This price represents 87.15% of the FOB…
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Global chocolate and confectionery giant Mars Wrigley has announced a new partnership with 12Tree and ECOM to develop a 2000-hectare climate-smart sustainable cocoa project in Latin America. The American multinational says the project,…
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French chocolate maker, Valrhona, and Swiss-Ghanaian startup Koa Impact have introduced "Oabika" a cocoa fruit juice concentrate for chefs and other gastronomy professionals. The product, the latest of many derived from Koa's cocoa pulp…
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The international community must confront trade injustice, enforce transparency and accountability in supply chains, and secure climate financing mechanisms, living incomes and wages for the world’s smallholder agricultural producers,…
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Fairtrade, a global label for social justice and sustainability, and the New York-based B Lab are set to announce a new partnership aimed at advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through responsible business…
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Know Your Cocoa Foundation, organisers of the African Cocoa & Chocolate Expo (ACCE), says it intends to capitalise on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to extend and expand cocoa consumption within the Africa…
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Disbursement of Ghana Cocoa Board's $1.5 billion dollar cocoa syndicated loan is set to begin latest October 4, 2021. Despite hitting a record cocoa production milestone, Ghana's 2020/21 crop year was bedevilled with widespread payment…
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Ghana Cocoa Board's national Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme risks total collapse following an admission by some supervisors and cocoa farmers that the Programme is crumpling and needs to be rescued immediately. The youth providing labour…
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The 3rd annual edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards (GCA) will celebrate the country’s achievement of a new cocoa beans production record while highlighting industry’s contribution. Ghana Cocoa Board, the industry regulator, announced early this…
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Scientists at Cocoa Cure Centre (CCC), an Israeli research agency, have dismissed the German government-backed synthetic chocolate solution to cocoa sustainability. The centre is not impressed by "European startups striving to replace…
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