COCOA POST

Negotiations over the cocoa freight rate for the 2021/22 cocoa year has ended in Accra with parties agreeing a five percent (5%) upward adjustment, the BFT has reported. Reports say the parties including Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC),…
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Yaa Peprah Amekudzi, the Ghana country lead of Mondelez International's Cocoa Life Program, has been enstooled the Nkosuohen (Development Chief) of Mayenda, with the chieftaincy title Nana Okofo Apetu II. She was officially outdoored on…
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I am Addison Konlan, a level 300 student reading BSc. Food Science and Technology at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. My dream is to become a Nutrition, Food Security, Quality Control and Food Safety consultant. Doing…
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Cocoa Merchants Ghana Limited and Nestle Cocoa Plan have paid a sum of GHC1,080,000 as premium to partner cocoa farmers at Bekwai and Nsokote Cocoa Districts of Ashanti Region. The amount covers 4,500 metric tonnes of cocoa beans…
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I had no passion to work in the Ghana Cocoa Industry even though I am the son of cocoa farmers. But thanks to Niche cocoa Industry Limited I am now very passionate about contributing to improving the Ghana cocoa industry through processing…
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Engineers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana have built a solar-powered cocoa pod breaker to ease the work of farmers. The team of engineers from the Mechanical Engineering department say the equipment…
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Ghana Cocoa Board says processes have commenced to access US$1.5 billion dollars in its annual syndicated loan for cocoa purchases in the 2021/22 crop year. The facility is expected to be available from next month when Ghana's major crop…
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Ghana's President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has inspected the progress of work on the Benchema-Adjoafua road in the Western North Region. The inspection of the road forms part of the President's itinerary for his 2-day tour of the…
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Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, on Friday 3rd September 2021 closed its Light Crop Season bringing the 2020/21 cocoa crop year to an end. A circular signed by the acting Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, Dr. Emmanuel…
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Opanyin Kwabena Nkrumah, 103 years from Adansi Atobiase, volunteered as one of the cocoa farmers who showed up at the early hours on the first day of the Pilot Registration exercise of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme. After spending about…
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